Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit as a blood conservation strategy: should we get pumped up?

Veronica Chan^{1

2}, Dominique Vervoort^{2

3}, Stephen E Fremes^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Schulich Heart Centre, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Veronica Chan et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;60(6):1257-1258.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab384.

Veronica Chan^{1

2}, Dominique Vervoort^{2

3}, Stephen E Fremes^{2

3}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Schulich Heart Centre, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Blood conservation; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Retrograde autologous priming.

Comment on

Retrograde autologous priming in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Gupta S, McEwen C, Basha A, Panchal P, Eqbal A, Wu N, Belley-Cote EP, Whitlock R. Gupta S, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Dec 1;60(6):1245-1256. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab334. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 34417595