Introduction Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is fundamental to modern cardiac surgery, allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures on a still and bloodless heart. However, traditional CPB systems are associated with complications..
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Abstract The concept of mini cardiopulmonary bypass (mini-CPB) has been introduced in clinical practice from early 2000 for advancing perfusion technology aiming to improve cardiac surgical results. The diversity of custom-made..
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Abstract The aim of cardiopulmonary bypass is the maintenance of a sufficient whole body perfusion and gas exchange during open or closed heart surgery procedure (coronary artery bypass grafting, valve..
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Abstract To evaluate the effectiveness of retrograde autologous priming (RAP) based on miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit in children undergoing open heart surgery. We performed a retrospective analysis of all..
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