Introduction
Our study aimed to examine the impacts of blood cardioplegia (BC) and del
Nido cardioplegia (DNC) solutions - which we used in isolated coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) - on early mortality and major adverse events
(MAE).
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 329 consecutive patients who underwent CABG in
our clinic between January 2016 and January 2020. Myocardial infarction,
reoperation, cardiac tamponade, stroke, renal failure, extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation requirement, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation were
defined as MAE. The group in which DNC was used was Group D (181 [55%]
patients), and the group in which BC was used was Group B (141 [45%]
patients).
Results
No statistically significant difference was determined between the groups
regarding age, weight, body surface area, gender, or European System for
Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation score (P=0.615, P=0.560, P=0.934, P=0.365,
P=0.955, respectively). Although there was no statistically significant
difference between the groups in terms of aortic cross-clamping time
(P=0.712), cardiopulmonary bypass duration was longer in Group B (P=0.001).
Even though the incidence of stroke was higher in Group B (P=0.030), no
statistically significant difference was observed between the groups
regarding total incidence of MAE, mortality, mechanical ventilation time,
length of stay in the intensive care unit, or length of hospital stay
(P=0.153, P=0.130, P=0.689, P=0.710, P=0.613, respectively).
Conclusion
We found no significant difference in MAE, mortality, duration of mechanical
ventilation, intensive care unit stay, or hospital stay between the DNC and
BC groups. We believe that both solutions can be used safely for cardiac
protection in the adult patient population.