Reply to Simons and Weerwind.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany aaboud@hdz-nrw.de.
Anas
A
Aboud
Medical Technology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
Kai
K
Liebing
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Kavous
K
Hakim-Meibodi
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Jochen
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Börgermann
D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology*
Better bladder; Gaseous microemboli; Miniaturized perfusion system; Venous bubble trap