Open AccessMyocardial protection in cardiac surgery: Del Nido versus blood cardioplegia
Author(s) -
Gladdy George,
AV Varsha,
Madhu Andrew Philip,
Reshma Vithayathil,
Dharini Srinivasan,
F X Sneha Princy,
Raj Sahajanandan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_153_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , myocardial infarction , cardiopulmonary bypass , anesthesia , cardiology , creatine kinase , ejection fraction , coronary artery bypass surgery , cardiac surgery , artery , heart failure
del Nido cardioplegia which was traditionally used for myocardial protection in pediatric congenital heart surgery is now being extensively utilized in adult cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of del Nido cardioplegia (DNC) with blood cardioplegia (BC).