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Nicorandil cardioplegia or procaine cardioplegia?

I read with interest the article by Steensrud and colleagues on myocardial protection with nicorandil cardioplegia [1]. The study investigates the protective efficacy of intermittent cold blood nicorandil cardioplegia compared with intermittent standard hyperkalemic cold blood and cold crystalloid cardioplegia in pigs undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass and hearts subjected to 60 min global ische...

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Blood cardioplegia.

We present the technical details of blood cardioplegia as the standard clinical practice in most centers today. In addition, the contribution refers to the advanced strategies using blood cardioplegia in specific situations, including warm cardioplegia induction, controlled reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction, and the application of leucocyte filtration.

Effect of Potassium Cardioplegia

To assess the effects of moderate potassium cardioplegia (37 mEq/l KCI) on the severity of myocardial ischemia during arrest and on post arrest ventricular function, 32 isolated, isovolumic feline hearts were studied before, during and I hour after ischemic arrest. Normothermia (37°C) was maintained in 16 hearts, eight without KCI and eight with KCI. Hypothermia (27°C) was maintained in the rem...

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