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. 1998 Nov;66(5 Suppl):S12-6; discussion S25-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00967-9.

Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass

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Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass

L H Edmunds Jr. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Nov.
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Abstract

This article reviews the roles of the contact and complement systems and of neutrophils and monocytes in the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass and open heart operation. These blood proteins and cells, together with other blood elements, produce the vasoactive and cytotoxic substances and microemboli that cause the morbidity associated with cardiopulmonary bypass and open heart operation.

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