BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.33, no.2, pp.158-163, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Cardiopulmonary bypass is known to cause inflammatory events. Inflammation occurs due to many known important biological processes. Numerous mechanisms are known to be responsible for the development of inflammatory processes. Currently, there are many defined mediators as a tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) playing an active role in this process.