Myocardial distribution of cardioplegic solution after retrograde delivery in patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. 214 - 221
• Main Authors: Aronson, Solomon, Lee, Bryan K., Zaroff, Jonathan G., Wiencek, Jeff G., Walker, Robert, Feinstein, Steven, Karp, Robert B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.02.1993; AATS/WTSA; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Aorta, Thoracic; Biological and medical sciences; Cardioplegic Solutions - administration & dosage; Cardioplegic Solutions - pharmacokinetics; Contrast Media; Coronary Circulation; Coronary Disease - surgery; Diatrizoate; Diatrizoate Meglumine; Drug Combinations; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Arrest, Induced - methods; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Image Enhancement; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardium - metabolism; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Tissue Distribution; Human; Heart; Cardioplegic solution; Perfusion; Surgery; Retrograde; Distribution; Myocardium; Protection

The myocardial distribution of both antegrade and retrograde cardioplegia for cardiac surgical intervention, after induction of cardioplegia via the aortic root, was directly assessed and compared in 19 patients by means of contrast echocardiography. Two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic...