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 ,Revised 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