Adequate distribution of warm cardioplegic solution

Cardioplegic solution challenges.

Myocardial protection of warm blood cardioplegic induction during cardiopulmonary bypass.

In his prospective randomized clinical study, we evaluated the myocardial protection of warm blood cardioplegic induction and cold blood cardioplegic induction, respectively, during cardiopulmonary bypass. Twenty-eight adult patients who underwent valve replacement were randomly divided into two groups: group T (14 cases) received cold (6-8 degrees C) blood cardioplegic induction after ECG show...

Oxygenation of a Crystalloid Cardioplegic Solution

_____________ _ The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of an alternative method of oxygenating a crystalloid cardioplegic solution to the use of a bubble oxygenator. Five hundred milliliters of 100% oxygen was introduced, using sterile technique, into 100 ml bags of Ringer's solution at varying temperatures (20°, 10°, and 4°C). The contents of the bags were shaken for one min...

Polarizing cardioplegic solution: state of the art

The meaning of the term “cardioplegia” is “lesion, attack, wound or blow”, very different to how it is most commonly understood in most heart centers, where it relates to cardiac protection. Thus, “cardioplegic solution” is better defined as a solution capable of inducing controlled cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest induced by cardioplegic solutions can occur by hyperpolarization, depolarization o...

Warm up practices of golfers: are they adequate?

BACKGROUND Although it is widely recommended that golfers warm up before play or practice to enhance their physical performance and reduce their injury risk, it is not known to what extent they actually undertake such warm up procedures. OBJECTIVE To collect information about the proportion of golfers who actively warm up and to determine the types of warm up behaviours. METHODS This study ...