Managing unwanted intravascular material and the physics of aspiration thrombectomy.

Patient and Hospital physical and financial benefits of avoiding sternotomy. Median sternotomy is one of many incisions that can be made in the thorax and gives a wide view of the thoracic cavity. Other incisions which involve the sternum, providing access to the thoracic cavity include the hemisternotomy (upper or lower), bilateral thoracosternotomy (clamshell), thoracosternotomy (hemi clamshell) and modified thoracosternotomy.

Early goal-directed therapy was introduced by Emanuel P. Rivers in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2001 and is a technique used in critical care medicine involving intensive monitoring and aggressive management of perioperative hemodynamics in patients with a high risk of morbidity and mortality.

Goal-directed perfusion and Discussion.

Case studies in success Avoiding sternotomy. - Faculty Mark Mettauer, MD Minimally aortic valve surgery avoiding sternotomy.

Median sternotomy is one of many incisions that can be made in the thorax and gives a wide view of the thoracic cavity. Other incisions which involve the sternum, providing access to the thoracic cavity include the hemisternotomy (upper or lower), bilateral thoracosternotomy (clamshell), thoracosternotomy (hemi clamshell) and modified thoracosternotomy.

Protecting the patient from Intra procedure PE.

An informative lecture and lively discussion about ultrafiltration and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Does ultrafiltration on Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) alter urine production?

John Ingram, CCP lectures and discusses how organs interact with each other with hormonal signals.

The learner will be able to describe how fluid overload is an independent contributor and indicator of mortality.

How ECMO contributes to maintaining kidney dysfunction and casually participates in the development of AKI (Acute Kidney Injury)