Myocardial function after polarizing versus depolarizing cardiac arrest with blood cardioplegia in a porcine model of cardiopulmonary bypass [EXPERIMENTAL]

CONCLUSIONS
Polarizing oxygenated blood cardioplegia with esmolol/adenosine/magnesium offers comparable myocardial protection and improves contractility compared with the standard potassium-based depolarizing blood cardioplegia.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - June 19, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Aass, T., Stangeland, L., Moen, C. A., Salminen, P.-R., Dahle, G. O., Chambers, D. J., Markou, T., Eliassen, F., Urban, M., Haaverstad, R., Matre, K., Grong, K. Tags: History, Myocardial protection EXPERIMENTAL Source Type: research