THE ideal perfusion fluid for use in an artificial cardiopulmonary system should approach the patient's own blood in composition. For this reason antigenically compatible donor blood with viable ...

THE principal use of extracorporeal perfusion has been to make possible operative procedures with-in the heart. Pump oxygenators are used to replace the function of both the heart and lungs while such ...

PANO - Vietnam’s medical sector has firmly established its place among the world’s leading countries in organ transplantation ...

The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, ...

Nurses can now draft medical certificates that doctors used to write and perform punctures to harvest bone marrow, as well as handle extracorporeal circulation tasks that revive patients whose hearts ...

The ideal management strategy for primary cardiogenic shock is a matter of debate. After some early discouraging experiences, the use of extracorporeal life support for patients with cardiogenic shock ...

When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...

Siegburg, Germany - Percutaneous implantation of the self-expanding CoreValve aortic valve bioprosthesis in the first-ever series of patients shows that the procedure is feasible in those deemed too ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CardiacAssist, Inc. today announced that it has received a Class 2 medical device license from Health Canada for its new PROTEK Duo veno-venous cannula. The PROTEK Duo™ is ...

Compared with cardiac arrest patients assigned to conventional CPR, those assigned to receive extracorporeal CPR (eCPR) after arrival at the hospital had similar rates of survival with favorable ...