A team at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health successfully developed and performed the world’s first on-table heart reanimation for a 3-month-old patient earlier this year. The new technique enables ...

The FDA has placed pediatric ventricular assist bypass devices (product code DSQ) on its medical device shortage list.

Key technological advances have increased the number of patients receiving hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors.

HepQuant Demonstrates New Advancements in Management of Patients with Acute Liver Failure Dependent on Extracorporeal Liver Cross-Circulation (ELC). Simultaneous evaluation of Human and Porcine ...

Article citations More>> Julian, O.C., Lopez-Belio, M., Dye, W.S., Javid, H. and Grove, W.J. (1957) The Median Sternal Incision in Intracardiac Surgery with Extracorporeal Circulation: A General ...

We read with great interest the meta-analysis of individual patient data by Holger Thiele and colleagues,1 which suggests that judicious patient selection for mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is ...

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The oxygenator devices are intended for extracorporeal circulation: oxygenators for long-term support (product code BYS) and cardiopulmonary bypass oxygenators (product code DTZ).

1. Early use of mechanical circulatory support did not reduce 6-month all-cause mortality. 2. MCS was associated with increased major bleeding and vascular complications. Evidence Rating Level: 1 ...

The duration of extracorporeal circulation, intraoperative application of platelet concentrates and usage of cold crystalloid cardioplegia (Bretschneider) independently predicted development of ...