Pulsatile flow decreases gaseous micro-bubble filtering properties of oxygenators without integrated arterial filters during cardiopulmonary bypass

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 811-817

  Milano, Aldo D ^a   Dodonov, Mikhail ^a   Onorati, Francesco ^a   Menon, Tiziano ^a   Gottin, Leonardo ^a   Malerba, Giovanni ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a   Faggian, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Pulsatile perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL FILTER; ARTERIAL LINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BUBBLE COUNTER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION DEVICE; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GASEOUS MICRO BUBBLE NUMBER; GASEOUS MICRO BUBBLE VOLUME; GASEOUS MICROBUBBLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LARGE OVER RANGED GASEOUS MICRO BUBBLE AMOUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE OXYGENATOR; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NON PULSATILE PERFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSATILE PERFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AIR EMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIR EMBOLISM; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; PULSATILE PERFUSION;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902395590     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt264     Document Type: Article

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