An alternative to cardioplegia.
A new method of cardioplegia using an ultrashort beta 1-selective blocker is described. The method is especially useful in reoperation in patients with a patent internal mammary artery. Four patients have been operated on using this method.
Pirk
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Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
Kellovskỳ
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D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012086:Reoperation
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; C036604:esmolol