Safety and efficacy of del Nido cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: experience in NICVD
Sanjay Kumar Raha,
M. Kamrul Hasan,
Hosne Jahan
et al.
Abstract:Background: Cardioplegia is used to induce and provide a depolarized diastolic cardiac arrest to provide a motionless surgical field. Del Nido cardioplegia solution has been used extensively in congenital heart surgery for more than 20 years and more recently for adults. This observational study was performed to assess the safety and efficacy of del Nido cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery patients.
Methods: Total 140 adult patients selected for cardiac surgical procedure i.e., coronary artery bypass graftin… Show more
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