Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 642-653 , April 2007

Profound Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Facilitates Survival Without a High Complication Rate in a Swine Model of Complex Vascular, Splenic, and Colon Injuries

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 92nd Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2006.

  • Elizabeth A. Sailhamer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Zheng Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Naresh Ahuja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
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  • George C. Velmahos, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Marc de Moya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Peter Rhee, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Christian Shults, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
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  • Hasan B. Alam, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Departments of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge St, Suite 810, Boston, MA 02114.

Received 20 October 2006 ,Revised 8 December 2006 ,Accepted 8 January 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 Funded by the National Institutes of Health Grant R01 HL71698 (PI: Alam).

PII: S1072-7515(07)00069-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.017

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 642-653 , April 2007

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