PMID: 6970020Feb 1, 1981Paper

Administering cold cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
B P MindichR S Litwak

Abstract

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), use of hypothermic cardioplegia for myocardial protection may not always achieve even cooling in the areas distal to a severely obstructed artery. Employing simultaneous myocardial temperature measurements, we documented "warm" areas in some patients having CABG. We then devised a technique of combined aortic root and intracoronary cardioplegic infusion. This has achieved prompt cooling of the warm areas and has resulted in uniform myocardial temperatures of 5 degrees to 8 degrees C.

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Oct 1, 1979·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·C J HiltonM T McEnany
Apr 1, 1980·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·R EkrothG William-Olsson

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Jul 1, 1984·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·A J RobertsJ A Alexander
Dec 1, 1983·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·R D WeiselP R McLaughlin

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