Comparison of the efficacy of the cardiac hypothermia and normothermia to myocardial damage in coronary artery bypass graft surgery with systemic normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.

Conclusion.:Myocardial damage was less than in normothermia group according to hypothermia group. The results show that ice-cold blood cardioplegia and local ice treatment of the heart during CPB seems to harm the heart more than warm blood cardioplegia. PMID: 23369948 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research