title: Blood cardioplegia.
abstract: We present the technical details of blood cardioplegia as the standard clinical practice in most centers today. In addition, the contribution refers to the advanced strategies using blood cardioplegia in specific situations, including warm cardioplegia induction, controlled reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction, and the application of leucocyte filtration.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hugstetter Strasse 44, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benk