Principles of Miniaturized ExtraCorporeal Circulation From Science and Technology to Clinical Practice /

• Main Authors: Anastasiadis, Kyriakos (Author), Antonitsis, Polychronis (Author), Argiriadou, Helena (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiac surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.

Minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) systems have been designed in order to reduce dramatically the side-effects of conventional extracorporeal circulation while serving as a safe perfusion technique for open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. However, the low penetration of this techno...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Pathophysiology Of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
• MECC Equipment
• Perfusion Principles
• Surgical Considerations
• Anaesthetic Management
• Clinical Outcome: MECC Vs. CECC And OPCAB
• MECC In Valve Surgery
• MECC In Non-Coronary And Non-Valve Procedures
• Future Perspectives
• MECC - The Perfusionist's Point Of View.
• One Decade MECC: From A Pioneering To Standard  Procedure
• Epilogue.