Retrograde continuous cold blood cardioplegia for combined aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting

• Published in: Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery Vol. 53; no. 8 Suppl; p. 622
• Main Authors: Morishige, N, Nonaka, K, Yamanaka, J, Imada, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.07.2000
• Subjects: Aged; Aortic Valve - surgery; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary Disease - complications; Coronary Disease - surgery; Female; Heart Arrest, Induced - methods; Heart Valve Diseases - complications; Heart Valve Diseases - surgery; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; Humans; Hypothermia, Induced - methods; Male; Retrospective Studies

Efficacy of retrograde continuous cold blood cardioplegia (RCBC) during aortic valve replacement combined with coronary bypass grafting was studied. Forty patients underwent elective aortic valve replacement, either combined with coronary bypass grafting (7 patients: group I), or isolated (33 patien...