The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 701-706, March 2010

A multicenter randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility of testing modified ultrafiltration as a blood conservation technology in cardiac surgery

  • Munir Boodhwani, MD, MMSc, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andrew Hamilton, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Benoit de Varennes, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Thierry Mesana, MD, PhD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • K. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • George A. Wells, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • H. Nathan, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Anaesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jean Yves Dupuis, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Anaesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • A. Babaev, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Perfusion, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • P. Wells, MD, MSc, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Fraser D. Rubens, MD, MSc, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Fraser D. Rubens, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Professor of Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada.

Received 13 July 2009; received in revised form 10 November 2009; accepted 23 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

 This study was funded by grant NA 5565 from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01554-2

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.056

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 701-706, March 2010