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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1952-1953
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Correspondence

Preventing the Loss of Safety Margins With Miniaturized Cardiopulmonary Bypass

London Perfusion Science and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Theatres 3 and 4, 2nd Floor, A Block, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, London, W12 0NN United Kingdom

(Email: john@londonperfusionscience.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article written by Nollert and colleagues [1] regarding their experience with miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass (MCPB). The Hammersmith Hospital in London has been interested in MCPB since its inception, but has proceeded with caution for all the reasons outlined in Nollert and colleagues' [1] article. By January 2005, we felt our reservations concerning management and safety had been addressed. Since then, over 100 nonselected coronary artery bypass operations have been performed using the Extra Corporeal Circulation Optimised MCPB system (Sorin Group Italia, Mirandola, Italy) and we feel we are able to address some of the points the article raised.

(1) Removal of venous air: Effective removal of venous air pre-oxygenator is essential. The system we . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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