Subscription to our Members Area gives you access to the first continuously updated book in the Cardiovascular Perfusion field: Fundamentals of Extracorporeal Circulation. This book will provide you with new concepts and techniques, soon after they are reported. Chapters are periodically reviewed and updated as required to keep new information immediately available to you. Rather than buying a printed book (which will be outdated in a few months) you get always the current edition. Furthermore, the book is specifically oriented to the community of perfusionists.

Our Members Area also hosts several sections, such as: Case Studies, Tips & Tricks, FAQs, Multimedia, CV Diseases, Digest, Notebook, Forum and a Chat auditorium with several rooms. People needing to review the accumulated knowledge will find a special section: Perfusion Quizzes - containing 650 questions. Members will also get another continuously updated e-book: "The Handbook of Cardiovascular Perfusion". a publication with many chapters devoted to the clinical aspects of cardiopulmonary technology and related sciences. Become a member of Perfusion Line and have a full exclusive website with two continuously updating books and access to 10 sections devoted to the cardiovascular sciences.

Please note that the book is not fully posted in the website. Instead, it is being progressively posted, chapter by chapter. There are five full chapters available and the next will be posted in a few days. Chapters available:

Presentation & Disclaimer
Introduction & Preface
1. Extracorporeal Circulation. History and Development.
2. Introduction to Extracorporeal Circulation.
3. Intraoperative Myocardial Protection: Bases and Methods.
4. Response of the Human Body to Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
5. Cardiopulmonary Bypass Induced Systemic Inflammatory Response.
6. Adult Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
7. Bloodless Cardiac Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
8. Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
9. Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Neonates.


The HANDBOOK OF CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSION has the following chapters available:

Chapter 001 Introduction
Chapter 002 Preface
Chapter 031 Open Cardiac Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 037 The Perfusionist and Perfusion Practice
Chapter 038 Cardiovascular Perfusion Timeline
Chapter 039 Hemostasis and Blood Coagulation
Chapter 040 Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit
Chapter 041 Bloodless Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants of Low Body Weight
Chapter 042 Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion
Chapter 043 Anticoagulation with Hirudin for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 044 Bivalirudin Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 045 Neurologic Events after DHCA in Neonates
Chapter 046 Crystalloid Cardioplegia for Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 047 Fibrinolysis during Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Aprotinin and Tranexamic Acid.
Chapter 048 Blood Conservation during Adult Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 049 Adrenergic Receptors and Vasoactivity
Chapter 050 Normothermic Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 055 Prolonged Aortic Cross-Clamping in a Neonate
Chapter 056 Vasoactive Drugs for Pediatric Perfusion
Chapter 057 Dopamine - Clinical Pharmacology
Chapter 065 Cardiac Transplantation in Elderly Patients
Chapter 071 Deficiency of G-6-PD and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 072 Guidelines for the use of Aprotinin during CPB
Chapter 075 Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Heparin, Platelets, and Fibrinolysis
Chapter 076 Recombinant Factor VII and Massive Post CPB Hemorrhage
Chapter 077 Pharmacological and Mechanical Support after the Norwood Procedure

The total number of pages with information on Cardiopulmonary Technology already available (all sections) is over 350 (letter size), and is uninterruptedly growing.