title: Effect of short-acting beta blocker on the cardiac recovery after cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of beta blocker on cardiac recovery and rhythm during cardiac surgeries. Sixty surgical rheumatic heart disease patients were received esmolol 1 mg/kg or the same volume of saline prior to removal of the aortic clamp. The incidence of cardiac automatic re-beat, ventricular fibrillation after reperfusion, the heart rate after steady re-beat, vasoactive drug use during weaning from bypass, the posterior parallel time and total bypass time were decreased by esmolol treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Esmolol has a positive effect on the cardiac recovery in cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University/Jiangsu province hospital, Nanjing, P.R.,China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhengnian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yanning
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; C036604:esmolol