Chronic stable ischaemia protects against myocyte damage during beating heart coronary surgery
Author(s) -
Gerald CarrWhite,
Tat W. Koh,
Anthony DeSouza,
Elizabeth Haxby,
Michael Kemp,
James W. Hooper,
Derek G. Gibson,
John Pepper
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.02.011
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ischemia , interquartile range , troponin , ejection fraction , troponin i , unstable angina , troponin t , myocardial infarction , anesthesia , heart failure
Many patients with coronary artery disease demonstrate chronic resting ischaemic myocardial dysfunction. We have investigated whether this ischaemia influences the myocardial damage caused by the period of coronary occlusion involved in beating heart surgery.
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