In patients undergoing coronary artery surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, the cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane were clinically most apparent when it was administered throughout the operation.

Sevoflurane and desflurane but not propofol preserved left ventricular function after CPB in high-risk coronary surgery patients with less evidence of myocardial damage postoperatively.

In cardiac surgery patients with a low preoperative ejection fraction, stroke volume was better maintained with the combination of dobutamine with levosimendan than with the combination of dobutamine with milrinone.

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The use of sevoflurane and desflurane resulted in a shorter ICU and hospital LOS. This seemed to be related to a better preservation of early postoperative myocardial function.