Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation preserves platelet function after cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study, Perfusion, 2019 Aug 5, Argiriadou H, Antonitsis P, Gkiouliava A, Papapostolou E, Deliopoulos A, Anastasiadis K, Cardiothoracic Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

INTRODUCTION: Cardiac surgery on conventional cardiopulmonary bypass induces a combination of thrombocytopenia and platelet dysfunction which is strongly related to postoperative bleeding. Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation has been shown to preserve coagulation integrity, though effect on platelet function remains unclear. We aimed

CoMICS trial

COMICS study launched; centre recruitment is ongoing CoMICs study, the large, multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing minimal invasive (MiECC) versus conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) started recruiting patients. Up to 30 cardiac surgery centres in Europe, Canada, USA and Saudi Arabia declared their