Background Time resolved phase contrast imaging is hardly used in small animal studies due to a lack of signal-to-noise ratio. Some studies were performed in 2D and one publication (Janiczek et al, MRM 2011) reported flow measurement in mouse aortic arch in 3D due to the use of a thin excitation slab and high Time-Of-Flight (TOF) effect. However, this strategy is not applicable on the whole car...

Despite the development of trained mobile rescue squads, cardiopulmonary collapse outside the hospital continues to carry a poor prognosis. We examined retrospectively the clinical courses of 19 consecutive coronary unit patients who had experienced prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Seven patients received basic life support from bystanders within five minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscit...

Myocardial ischemia may occur during an exercise session in cardiac rehabilitation programs. However, it has not been established whether it is elicited when exercise prescription is based on heart rate corresponding to the anaerobic threshold as measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Our objective was to determine the incidence of myocardial ischemia in cardiac rehabilitation programs a...

OBJECTIVE To share our experience highlighting the additional use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cases other than the conventional ischemic, congenital and valvular heart diseases. METHODOLOGY All patients undergoing non-traditional cardiac surgery utilizing the cardiopulmonary bypass during a period from 1999 to 2009 reviewed. Their preoperative presentation, operative strategy and immed...

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass are at risk of increased blood loss and transfusion requirements. Contact of blood with the surgical wound and the artificial surfaces of the extra-corporeal circuit results in a coagulopathy. Haemodilution during cardiopulmonary bypass also aggravates the reduction of haemostatic factors even further. On the other hand, systemic a...

We retrospectively evaluated early outcome and conducted this study to determine the predictive factors for percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) weaning and hospital discharge. From January 2004 to December 2006, 92 patients diagnosed as cardiac or respiratory failure underwent PCPS using the Capiox emergent bypass system (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan). The mean+/-S.D. age was 56+/-18 (range, 14...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to evaluate the change in lactate level during cardiopulmonary bypass and the possible predictive value in identifying patients at high risk of morbidity and mortality after surgery for congenital cardiac disease. METHODS We prospectively studied lactate levels in 174 nonconsecutive patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass during operations for congenital cardiac...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether use of the active compression-decompression device improves the haemodynamics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation compared with those of conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation. DESIGN Prospective crossover study. SETTING The accident and emergency department of a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS 36 adult patients with non-traumatic, normothermic, out of...

This article describes the development of a comprehensive mathematical model of the human cardiopulmonary system that combines the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and their associated autonomous nervous control actions. The model is structured to allow the complex interactions between the two systems and the responses of the combined system to be predicted under different physiological c...