Abstract:Although cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has simplified open heart surgery, it causes adverse effects on the body's systems. This study aims to report the complications related to CPB at the Cardiac Surgery Center of the University Hospital in Dakar (Senegal). This is a retrospective analytical and descriptive study covering a 24 months period (from January 2015 to December 2016). All adult and children patients who underwent open heart surgery using CPB machines were included in this study. 193 patients were eli… Show more
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