Adjuvant Cardioprotection in Cardiac Surgery: Update

Cardiac surgery patients are now more risky in terms of age, comorbidities, and the need for complex procedures. It brings about reperfusion injury, which leads to dysfunction and/or loss of part of the myocardium. These groups of patients have a higher incidence of postoperative complications and...

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Main Authors: Robert Wagner, Pavel Piler, Zufar Gabbasov, Junko Maruyama, Kazuo Maruyama, Jiri Nicovsky, Peter Kruzliak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/808096