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Is warm retrograde blood cardioplegia better than cold for myocardial protection?

Authors: A Kamlot|||S D Bellows|||B Z Simkhovich|||S L Hale|||A Aoki|||R A Kloner|||G L Kay

Journal: The Annals of thoracic surgery

Publication Type: Comparative Study

Date: 1997

DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)01074-0

ID: 8993249

Affiliations:

Affiliations

    Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA.||||||||||||||||||

Abstract

This study tests the hypothesis that continuous normothermic retrograde blood cardioplegia is superior to cold intermittent blood cardioplegia in protecting the left and right side of the heart transmurally during an extended cross-clamping period.

Chemical List

    Cardioplegic Solutions|||Phosphocreatine|||Lactic Acid|||Adenosine Triphosphate