Measurement of 133Xe clearance and effluent cerebral venous blood sampling were used
in 38 patients to determine the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass, and of maintaining …

Background. Bypass surgery in the elderly (age >70 years) has increased mortality and
morbidity, which may be a consequence of cardiopulmonary bypass. We compare the outcomes …

Background: The advances in immunotherapy, along with a liberalization of eligibility criteria
have contributed significantly to the ever increasing demand for donor organs. In an attempt …

Since the last review on lung preservation in 1985, enormous progress has been made in
experimental and clinical lung transplantation. This comprehensive review examines recent …

In a series of eleven recipients of heart-lung transplants (HLT), five have obliterative bronchiolitis.
Five of the eleven patients have chronic cough as well as slower than normal gastric …

Results The study included 6 men with an average age of 59.8±8.5 years. LITA harvest time
averaged 65.3±17.6 minutes (range 50-91 minutes). The time required for the anastomosis …

Methods At the London Health Sciences Centre, an academic tertiary care centre, we
prospectively entered data from the cardiac surgical database from July 1999 to April 2002. We …

To assess the diagnostic applicability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis of
cardiac allograft rejection, 25 patients who recently underwent cardiac transplantation were …

The reported high incidence of coronary atherosclerosis in many transplant series led us to
critically review our experience in 83 patients who have had selective coronary angiography …

The number of heart transplantations performed over the past 3 years has plateaued. However,
the number of pediatric transplantations continues to slowly increase. Unlike adult heart …