Myocardial preservation.
The principles used to develop techniques for myocardial preservation in cardiac surgery have been successfully applied to the protection of the donor heart in transplant surgery. This article reviews the latest advances in myocardial preservation during cardiac surgery and shows how they have been adopted in current cardiac transplant techniques.
D002021:Buffers; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
D002021:Buffers; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers