The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1162-1169 , May 2010

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass improves short-term outcome in cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

  • Alberto Zangrillo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Francesco Alfredo Garozzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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  • Federico Pappalardo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Fabrizio Monaco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Martina Crivellari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Elena Bignami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Massimiliano Nuzzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Giovanni Landoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Landoni Giovanni, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60 Milano, 20132 Italy.

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00990-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.048

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1162-1169 , May 2010

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