Reply to Bauer et al.
Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany aaboud@hdz-nrw.de.
Anas
A
Aboud
Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Jochen
J
Börgermann
Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Stephan
S
Ensminger
Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Jan
J
Gummert
D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology*
Gaseous microemboli; Minimal extracorporeal circulation; Minimized perfusion circuits; Venous bubble trap