Addition of α-ketoglutarate to blood cardioplegia improves cardioprotection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1625-1633

  Kjellman, Ulf W ^a   Björk, Kerstin ^b   Ekroth, Rolf ^b   Karlsson, Hans ^b   Jagenburg, Rudolf ^b   Nilsson, Folke N ^b   Svensson, Gunnar ^b   Wernerman, Jan ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; CARDIOPLEGIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0342683863     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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