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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2332
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

New technology

Invited commentary

Song Wan, MD, PhD, Ahmed A. Arifi, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

(Email: swan@cuhk.edu.hk).

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For many cardiac surgeons who closely follow the latest clinical research on the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), Nollert and colleagues' report [1] is thought-provoking. At first glance, this study appears not far from an apple and orange comparison, although the authors do clarify their intention to compare two completely different perfusion strategies rather than individual components of the CPB circuit. Their idea of studying a closed miniaturized CPB system is theoretically attractive, that is: (1) heparin-coated tubing and oxygenator has long been proposed to reduce contact activation and to . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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