Carpentier-Edwards Magna Ease bioprosthesis: a multicentre clinical experience and 12-year durability.

Objectives: The goal of this multicentre retrospective study was to compare long-term clinical and haemodynamic outcomes of the Carpentier-Edwards Magna Ease (CEME) bioprosthesis by patient age.

Methods: We included consecutive patients who underwent isolated and combined surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) with CEME valve between January 2008 and March 2020 at 4 cardiac surgery centres in Italy. Survival distribution was evaluated at follow-up according to age and surgery type (combined or isolated AVR), together with freedom from structural valve deterioration (SVD), reoperation and combined events, i.

A pulmonary mock circulation model for a better understanding of protamine reversal of heparin.

Neutralization of heparin by protamine is a common procedure following extracorporeal circulation (cardiopulmonary bypass) of blood. Protamine administration has been shown to cause serious hemodynamic derangement in some patients. Obstruction of the pulmonary vascular bed following protamine administration has been suggested to be the primary cause of hemodynamic changes.

Left ventricular oxygen consumption and organ blood flow distribution during pulsatile ventricular assist.

One goal of left ventricular assistance is the reduction of left ventricular myocardial oxygen consumption while delivering adequate organ blood flow. The effect of assist device operation control mode and uptake cannulation method on the achievement of this goal was studied in six acutely prepared calves with healthy hearts. All combinations of left ventricular assistance significantly reduced the myocardial oxygen consumption; the reduction was independent of control mode.

Hemodynamic and energetic assessment of calves implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

Hemodynamic and ventricular energetic parameters were measured in calves implanted with the air driven Utah Ventricular Assist Device (UVAD). Uptake site was varied to determine the effect of control mode and vacuum augmentation of filing. Uptake was drawn solely from the left atrium or combined with a left ventricular apical vent.

Diltiazem cold cardioplegia in coronary artery surgery: effects on myocardial function and ischemia.

This study was undertaken to evaluate the myocardial preservation obtained by adding a calcium channel blocker, diltiazem (200 mcg/kg of body weight) to cold potassium cardioplegia in 24 patients with coronary artery disease who underwent myocardial revascularization, and were randomly divided into a treated Group D and a Control Group C. No significant differences were noted between the groups in cardiac electrical arrest and recovery time, recovery rhythm, mechanical function recovery, inotropic support, stroke index, or cardiac index. After cardiopulmonary bypass, the stroke index decreased by 13.