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Ann Thorac Surg
October 2002
Department of General/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15905-4398, USA.
Background: Various strategies have been introduced to minimize transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery. One strategy is the use of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) postoperatively. Currently, PEEP is used in many centers to control increased mediastinal chest-tube drainage.
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January 1975
Division of Artificial Organs, Department of Surgery and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
Progress in materials and design of a total artificial heart has lengthened survival times from 1(1/2) hours in 1958 to 3 months in 1974. During those years various limiting factors were found and analyzed. Remaining limitations encountered in a 3-month survivor were localized thrombosis within the blood chambers and infection along drive lines into the mediastinum.
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