Why the study?
Does minimal extracorporeal circulation reduce microbubbles and microembolic signals in patients undergoing coronary surgery compared to conventional extracorporeal circulation?
Does minimal extracorporeal circulation reduce microbubbles and microembolic signals in patients undergoing coronary surgery compared to conventional extracorporeal circulation?
Minimal extracorporeal circulation reduces venous microbubbles but does not significantly decrease arterial microbubbles or cerebral microembolic signals compared to conventional circulation during coronary surgery.
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MECC lowers venous microbubbles without reducing arterial signals; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change perfusion practice.
Perthel et al. (2005) studied this question.
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