Anticoagulant agents are an integral component of the medical regimens and interventional strategies currently recommended to reduce thrombotic complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The large number of recent studies investigating various anticoagulant agents necessitates a review of their role in managing patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

 

Pulmonary embolism (P>E) is a major health problem and may present as a cardiovascular emergency in the acute setting. Occlusion of the pulmonary arterial bed by thrombus may lead to acute life-threatening, but potentially reversible, right ventricular failure in the most severe cases.

 

Ganesja M Harimurti

Many children with congenitak heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood. But still a large proportion of patiens are those with relevant systemic-to-pulmonary shunt, if left untreated will develop pulmonaty arteral hypertension (PAH). Approximately 5%-10% of them develop pulmonary areterial hypertension of variable svereity that affects quality of life, morbidity and mortality.

 

Effect of Combined Conventional & Modified Ultrafiltration After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonates & Children Undergoing Pediatric-Congenital Heart Surgery
                   
Abstract

Background. Modified ultrafiltration has been touted as superior to Conventional Ultrafiltration (CUF) for attenuating the consequences of hemodilution after cardiac surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) in children.