Abstract Background Hypertension is the leading risk factor for subclinical target-organ damage (TOD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about the relationship between different pressure measures and subclinical TOD,..
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Abstract Introduction The superiority of pulsatile or non-pulsatile perfusion in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) regarding morbidity and mortality is still debated. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of different pulse..
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Abstract Introduction: Pulsatile extracorporeal circulation may improve organ perfusion during cardiac surgery. Some minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) systems allow pulsatile perfusion. The present study investigated the influence of arterial..
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