In clinical therapy of evolving acute myocardial infarction, coronary reperfusion has proven
to be the only way to limit infarct size, provided it occurs soon enough after coronary artery …

Reperfusion injury is a complex process involving several cell types (endothelial cells,
neutrophils, and cardiomyocytes), soluble proinflammatory mediators, oxidants, ionic and …

Background del Nido solution is a non–glucose-based, single-dose cardioplegic solution
with few data supporting its safety in adults. We hypothesized that it and Buckberg solution …

A safe, effective method of producing a quiet, bloodless heart for 2 hours or more has been
developed experimentally and used clinically. Aliquots of oxygenated blood from the …

The spectrum of strategies for myocardial protection has led to the artificial creation of
adversarial positions in regard to warm versus cold blood cardioplegia, antegrade versus …

COld cardioplegic solutions are used almost universally to prevent intraoperative myocardial
ischemic damage during aortic clamping. This review will show that the inclusion of oxygen …

Background Del Nido cardioplegia (DC) offers prolonged cardiac protection with single-
dose administration and has had a long safety record in pediatric cardiac surgery. However …

This study tests the hypothesis that warm induction of cardioplegia prior to prolonged
maintenance by multidose infusions of cold blood cardioplegic solution would increase the …

This study tests the hypothesis that aspartate enrichment of glutamate-blood cardioplegia
improves metabolic and functional recovery after ischemic and reperfusion damage …

During aortic valve surgery, cardioplegic solution is delivered through direct cannulation of
both coronary ostia. Since this approach may cause an intimal injury leading to acute …