MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

SELİM İSBİR

Advances in Molecular Medicine - 2007;3(2):53-56

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Acute inflammotory response to CPB is the main couse of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery. Inflamatory response after CPB is closely linked to activation of coagulation and is a multi pathway process. Therefore, individualized therapies might be more usefull in improved clinical outcomes.