Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution decreases mortality and morbidity in high-risk patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with complex congenital heart disease: an 11-year experience from a single institution [PDF]
Cardioplegic reperfusion during a long term ischemic period interrupts cardiac surgery and also increases cellular edema due to repeated solution administration.
X.W. Li +10 more
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Theoretical and Practical Aspects in the Use of Bretschneider Cardioplegia
The race for an ideal cardioplegic solution has remained enthusiastic since the beginning of the modern cardiac surgery era. The Bretschneider solution, belonging to the “intracellular cardioplegic” group, is safe and practical in myocardial protection ...
Claudiu Ghiragosian +8 more
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A proposed “solution” to the cardioplegic controversy
Gerald D Buckberg
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The aim. To determine the effectiveness of myocardial protection in various variants of administration of cardioplegic solution in patients with aortic aneurysms combined with coronary artery lesions. Materials and methods.
Ihor I. Zhekov +4 more
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Specific parameters of operation of the minimized system for cardioplegia in children. Bench test
It is very important to observe all the parameters of cardioplegia when protecting myocardium during cardiac surgery. To perform this task, it is necessary to have clear understanding of properties of the elements of the extracorporeal circuit of ...
A. B. Naumov +6 more
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Del Nido cardioplegia versus other contemporary solutions for myocardial protection – a literature review [PDF]
Myocardial protection is one of the most important factors ensuring patient safety during cardiac surgery with the application of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Barbara Brzeska +5 more
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Open-heart surgery is often an unavoidable option for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and prevention of cardiomyopathy. Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery requires manipulating cardiac contractile function via the perfusion of a cardioplegic solution.
Hongting Diao, Haiwei Gu, Qin M. Chen
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Surgical results of only antegrade del Nido cardioplegia infusion in conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective study [PDF]
Background Additional retrograde cardioplegia infusion in conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was introduced to address the concern of inappropriate cardioplegia delivery through the stenotic coronary artery.
Sang-Uk Park +4 more
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Comparison of Custodiol® and modified St. Thomas cardioplegia for myocardial protection in coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
Background/Aim. Custodiol® is a hyperpolarizing cardioplegic solution which has been used in our national cardiac surgical practice exclusively for the heart transplant surgery.
Cvetković Dragan +12 more
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Background Hearts procured from circulatory death donors (DCD) are predominantly maintained by machine perfusion (MP) with normothermic donor blood. Currently, DCD heart function is evaluated by lactate and visual inspection.
Lars Saemann +8 more
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