title: The pulsatile perfusion debate in cardiac surgery: answers from the microcirculation?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Medicine; Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Marjolein P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hoefeijzers
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Medicine; Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Leontien H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: ter Horst
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koning
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Research Intensive Care VUmc (REVIVE), Institute for Cardiovascular Research (Icar-VU) VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Alexander B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Vonk
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boer
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Medicine. Electronic address: p.elbers@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Paul W G
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Elbers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*
keywords: cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; microcirculation; orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) imaging; pulsatile perfusion; side-stream dark field (SDF) imaging