Short-term clinical outcomes between intermittent cold versus intermittent warm blood cardioplegia in 2200 adult cardiac surgery patients.
CONCLUSION: The comparison of IWC and ICC blood cardioplegia in different cardiosurgical procedures showed no statistical significant difference in myocardial protection. The use of ICC, however, appeared overall associated with a slightly better clinical outcome except in patients undergoing urgent/emergent CABG where IWC led to a reduction in 30--day--mortality.
PMID: 25673099 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Trescher K, Gleiss A, Boxleitner M, Dietl W, Kassal H, Holzinger C, Podesser BK Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research
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