Is blood cardioplegia superior to crystalloid cardioplegia?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Jacob, Samuel ^a   Kallikourdis, Antonios ^a   Sellke, Frank ^b   Dunning, Joel ^c  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood cardioplegia; Cardioplegic; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Crystalloid cardioplegia

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYSTALLOID; ENZYME RELEASE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTIONS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 44449142332     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.178343     Document Type: Article

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