Can pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass prevent perioperative renal dysfunction during myocardial revascularization in elderly patients?
Pulsatile CPB preserves renal function better than standard CPB even in patients older than 65. CPB could be adopted as the procedure of choice in this subgroup of patients.
Arterial inflammation was common, and appeared similar, in patients with recent stroke/TIA, and controls with stroke/TIA more than two years previously.