Warm Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection: Concepts and Controversies | Zendy

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Warm Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection: Concepts and Controversies

Author(s) -

Taylor James,

Marcos Nores,

John A. Rousou,

Nicole Lin,

Sotiris C. Stamou

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-18-6909

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , intensive care medicine , cardiology , anesthesia

Warm blood cardioplegia has been an established cardioplegic method since the 1990s, yet it remains controversial in regard to myocardial protection. This review will describe the physiologic and technical concepts behind warm blood cardioplegia, as well as outline the current basic and clinical research that evaluates its usefulness. Controversies regarding this technique will also be reviewed. A long history of experimental data indicates that warm blood cardioplegia is safe and effective and thus suitable myocardial protection during cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries.

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