Volatile anesthetics in cardiac surgery: Renoprotective, cardioprotective, neither, or both?
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Late pharmacologic conditioning with volatile anesthetics after cardiac surgery
INTRODUCTION The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate whether volatile anesthetics used for postoperative sedation have any beneficial effects on myocardial injury in cardiac surgery patients after on-pump valve replacement. METHODS Anesthesia was performed with propofol. After arrival in the intensive care unit (ICU), 117 patients were randomized to be sedated for at le...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.005