MiECC should not be restricted to selected patients and experienced teams. A MiECTiS rebuttal to 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP guidelines on patient blood management

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
⁶ Department of Clinical Perfusion, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
⁷ Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital Gvm Care & Research, Bari, Italy.
⁸ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Editorial

Kyriakos Anastasiadis et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025.

. 2025 May 6;67(5):ezaf065.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaf065.

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
⁶ Department of Clinical Perfusion, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
⁷ Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital Gvm Care & Research, Bari, Italy.
⁸ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary bypass; Extracorporeal circulation; Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation; Patient blood management.

Comment on

2024 EACTS/EACTAIC Guidelines on patient blood management in adult cardiac surgery in collaboration with EBCP.
Casselman FPA, Lance MD, Ahmed A, Ascari A, Blanco-Morillo J, Bolliger D, Eid M, Erdoes G, Haumann RG, Jeppsson A, van der Merwe HJ, Ortmann E, Petricevic M, Weltert LP, Milojevic M; EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Scientific Document Group. Casselman FPA, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 May 6;67(5):ezae352. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae352. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025. PMID: 39385500 Free PMC article. No abstract available.