Cardiac surgery in acute myocardial infarction: crystalloid versus blood cardioplegia – an experimental study

Abstract Background Because hearts in acute myocardial infarction are often prone to ischemia-reperfusion damage during cardiac surgery, we investigated the influence of intracellular crystalloid cardioplegia solution (CCP) and extracellular blood cardioplegia solution (BCP) on cardiac function, met...

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Main Authors: Andreas Boening, Maximilian Hinke, Martina Heep, Kerstin Boengler, Bernd Niemann, Philippe Grieshaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-1058-9