Innovations : technology and techniques in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery
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Innovations (Phila) · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyThe early inflammatory response in a mini-cardiopulmonary bypass system: a prospective randomized study.
The aim of this study was to compare the early systemic inflammatory response of the Resting Heart System (RHS; Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN USA), a miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) system, with two groups using a standard extracorporeal circulation system during on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. ⋯ The Medtronic RHS may induce less systemic inflammation than conventional CPB systems, particularly when cardiotomy suction was used, but it did not result in improved clinical benefit.