Open AccessBENEFICIAL EFFECT OF ADDITIONAL CARDIOPLEGIA FLUSH DURING HYPOTHERMIC STATIC CARDIAC PRESERVATION1
Author(s) -
Kouichi Hisatomi,
Yukinori Moriyama,
Goichi Yotsumoto
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200005150-00035
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac function curve , viaspan , anesthesia , creatine kinase , creatine , cardiology , chemistry , transplantation , heart failure
The effects of various preservative solutions and methods have been studied to prolong the safety period of cardiac preservation. In this study, we used cardioplegic solution (CS) during cardiac preservation and investigated how flush CS yields good preservation of isolated hearts compared with only cold immersion.