From The Editor
On Blinding and Vision
Robert Groom
GUEST EDITORIAL
112 A Primer on Reviewing and Synthesizing Evidence
Donald S. Likosky
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
116 Quantification of Fat Mobilization in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Revascularization Using Off-pump and On-pump Techniques
Ahmed Ajzan, Thomas Modine, Prakash Punjabi, Kandeepan Ganeshalingam, Gary Philips, Terence Gourlay
122 Invited Commentary: It’s Not the Pump, It’s How You Use the Pump!
David Stump
123 Flooding the Surgical Field With Carbon Dioxide During Open Heart Surgery Improves Segmental Wall Motion
Kimberly L. Skidmore, Clinton Jones, Charl DeWet
128 Clinical Evaluation of the ABL-77 for Point-of-Care Analysis in the Cardiovascular Operating Room
Jack S. Prichard, John S. French, Nestor Alva
134 Choice of Hemodynamic Support During Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Prevention of Stroke
Yasuyuki Shimada, Hitoshi Yaku, Fumio Yamamoto
139 Electronic Data Processing: The Pathway to Automated Quality Control of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
R.F. Newland, R.A. Baker, R. Stanley
144 Effects of Conventional Ultrafiltration on Renal Performance During Adult Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures
Rick A. Kuntz, David W. Holt, Scott Turner, Lee Stichka, Bryan Thacker
154 Autologous Priming Technique to Reduce Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Jacob Ostrowsky, Mark Henderson, Hani Hennein
CASE REPORTS
157 Modification of a Biventricular Assist Device to Facilitate Preservative Infusion and Organ Recovery in a Nonheart-Beating Donor
Ron Angona, Peter Abt, Duraid Younan, Todd Massey, Michael Marvin, Randeep Kashyap, Dan Richards, Karen Jones, James Queschenbach, Martin Zand, Ashok Jain, Mark Orloff, Adel Bozorgzadeh
161 Case Series: Use of Autologous Platelet Gel in Bariatric Surgery
Chad Brady, See Vang, Kevin Christensen, Jack Isler, Keith Vollstedt, David Holt
165 Use of Thromboelastograph and Factor VII for the Treatment of Postoperative Bleeding in a Pediatric Patient on ECMO After Cardiac Surgery
Matthew C. Davis, Niels E.O. Andersen, Per Johansson, Lars W. Andersen
REVIEWS
168 Hyperglycemia as an Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Intra-operative Glucose Management
Samira Najmaii, Daniel Redford, Douglas F. Larson
174 Platelet-Rich Plasma and Platelet Gel: A Review
Peter A.M. Everts, Johannes T.A. Knape, Gernot Weibrich, Jacques P.A.M. Schönberger, Johannes Hoffmann, Eddy P. Overdevest, Henk A.M. Box, André van Zundert
CLASSIC PAGES
188 Classic Pages of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Jeff Riley
190 Filtration of Cardiotomy Reservoir Blood
R. Thomas Solis, Michael A. Scott, Peter S. Kennedy, R. Keith Wilson
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