Abstract Objectives Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The relationship between perioperative blood glucose variability (BGV), microcirculatory changes, and subsequent organ dysfunction after coronary..
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Abstract Objectives Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) impairs endothelial function, causing oedema and disturbed microcirculatory perfusion, that contribute to organ dysfunction following cardiac surgery. We hypothesised that the composition of CPB prime..
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Abstract Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is used in case of potentially reversible cardiac failure and restores systemic hemodynamics. However, whether this is followed by improvement of microcirculatory perfusion is..
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