Journal ArticleAnn Thorac Surg · April 2003
BACKGROUND: Maintaining normothermia during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery is a challenge not met by currently available medical devices and strategies. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a new thermoregulatory devi ...
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Journal ArticleAnesth Analg · February 2002
UNLABELLED: Neurocognitive decline is a continuing source of morbidity after cardiac surgery. Atrial fibrillation occurs often after cardiac surgery and has been linked to adverse neurologic events. We sought to determine whether postoperative atrial fibri ...
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OtherAnesth Analg · January 2002
UNLABELLED: Neurocognitive dysfunction is a common complication after cardiac surgery. We evaluated in this prospective study the effect of rewarming rate on neurocognitive outcome after hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). After IRB approval and info ...
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Journal ArticleSeminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia · January 1, 2000
Despite significant advances in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) technology, surgical techniques, and anesthetic management, central nervous system (CNS) complications remain a common and costly problem after CPB. Stroke is often considered a rare and unpreven ...
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