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  • Title: Minimally-diluted blood cardioplegia supplemented with potassium and magnesium for combination of 'initial, continuous and intermittent bolus' administration.
    Author: Hayashi Y, Ohtani M, Sawa Y, Hiraishi T, Akedo H, Kobayashi Y, Matsuda H.
    Journal: Circ J; 2004 May; 68(5):467-72. PubMed ID: 15118290.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The present study was designed to examine the hypothesis that minimally-diluted blood cardioplegia (BCP) supplemented with potassium and magnesium provides superior myocardial protection in comparison with the standard-diluted BCP for a combination of 'initial, continuous, and intermittent bolus' BCP administration. METHODS AND RESULTS: Seventy patients undergoing elective coronary revascularization between 1997 and 2001 (M : F =55:15, mean age 67.6+/-7.5 years) were randomly divided into 2 groups: Group C (n=35) was given the standard 4:1-diluted blood-crystalloid BCP, and Group M (n=35) was given minimally-diluted BCP supplemented with potassium-chloride and magnesium-sulfate. The BCP temperature was maintained at 30 degrees C. Cardioplegic arrest was induced with 2 min of initial antegrade BCP infusion, followed by continuous retrograde BCP infusion. Intermittent antegrade BCP was infused every 30 min for 2 min. The time required for achieving cardioplegic arrest was significantly shorter in Group M (47.5+/-16.3 vs 62.5+/-17.6 s, p<0.0001). The number of patients showing spontaneous heart beat recovery after reperfusion was significantly larger in Group M (28 vs 15, p=0.0029), and the number of patients suffering from atrial fibrillation during the postoperative period was significantly smaller in Group M (n=3 vs 11, p=0.034). Both the postoperative maximum dopamine dose (3.57+/-2.46 vs 5.44+/-2.23 microg/kg per min, p=0.0014) and peak creatine kinase-MB (19.5+/-8.5 vs 25.8+/-11.9 IU/L, p=0.0128) were significantly less in Group M. The number of patients showing paradoxical movement of the ventricular septum in the early postoperative echocardiography was significantly smaller in Group M (9 vs 24, p=0.0007). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that 'initial, continuous and intermittent bolus' administration of minimally-diluted BCP supplemented with potassium and magnesium is a reliable and effective technique for intraoperative myocardial protection.
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