Hartzell V. Schaff

TL;DR: In this study, autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood was safe and simple, it significantly reduced bank blood requirements and resulted in substantial financial savings for the patients and the hospital.

TL;DR: For patients with smallAortic roots, aortic valve replacement with the 19 mm Björk-Shiley valve is a satisfactory and, perhaps, preferable alternative to aortIC annuloplasty to accommodate larger sized prostheses.

TL;DR: Fibrillation-induced regional ischemia distal to a critical coronary stenosis can be reduced by pulsatile perfusion during bypass and the mechanism for the reduction in regional isChemia is improved myocardial blood flow.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the myocardium distal to a critical stenosis suffers a progressive reduction in flow during ventricular fibrillation which does not occur in regions supplied by unstenosed coronary arteries.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the presence or absence of occlusive disease in the arteries supplying the LV lateral wall is an important determinant of the mortality rate associated with resection of anterior apical LV aneurysms in patients with severe congestive heart failure.