Use of antispastic nicardipine and nitroglycerin (NG) cocktail solution increases graft flow during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

CONCLUSION: Use of NG solution for LITA graft preparation is a choice of antispastic protocol. NG solution used either topically or intraluminally significantly increases the blood flow of IMA grafts with the best effect obtained by intraluminal injection. The present study provides an additional anti-spastic method by using second generation of calcium antagonists and nitric oxide donor in coronary artery bypass surgery. PMID: 23207562 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research