OBJECTIVE The role of leptin in the acute stress response to extracorporeal circulation has been well documented, however, the relationship between leptin and zinc has not been investigated previously. We aimed to research the circulating leptin, zinc, and copper levels before, during, and after the extracorporeal circulation, and effect of preoperative zinc administration to these. METHODS T...

Continuous Hemofiltration in the Perioperative Management for Chronic Hemodialysis Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Shigeyuki Makino, Takane Hiraiwa, Toshihiko Kinoshita and Hideki Fujii (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Aichi, Japan) Coronary artery bypass surgery was performed in 7 chronic hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis and extracorporeal ultrafiltra...

BACKGROUND Deep accidental hypothermia (core temperature <28 degrees C) is an uncommon medical emergency requiring rapid active core rewarming. Extracorporeal circulation has become the treatment of choice for deep hypothermic patients with cardiac arrest. CASE REPORT We report on a 30-year-old patient who suffered from deep accidental hypothermia (core temperature 24.8 degrees C) and cardiac...

The hemodynamic effects of closed-chest extracorporeal circulation were investigated in normal dogs and in dogs subjected to coronary embolization. In both groups, despite delivery of large volumes of blood into the abdominal aorta through peripheral routes, a rise in proximal aortic pressure could not be achieved; to accomplish this it was necessary to increase vascular resistance by balloon o...

The aim of this study was to determine: 1) whether a bilateral perfusion circuit (Drew technique) using the patient's own lung as the oxygenator is feasible for multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting; and 2) if the systemic inflammatory response to extracorporeal circulation differs compared to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. Twenty patients were enrolled in a randomized, ...