Warm heart surgery in patients with cold autoimmune disorders.
Continuous warm antegrade delivery of cardioplegia while maintaining systemic normothermia is a new method of performing coronary artery bypass grafting. It can be used to avoid the detrimental effects of hypothermia in patients with cold autoimmune disease.
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Surgical Cardiovascular Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
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D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013696:Temperature