Why the study?
Does adding potassium cardioplegia to profound hypothermia and total circulatory arrest reduce intraoperative myocardial damage in infants undergoing open heart surgery for TOF or VSD?
Does adding potassium cardioplegia to profound hypothermia and total circulatory arrest reduce intraoperative myocardial damage in infants undergoing open heart surgery for TOF or VSD?
The addition of potassium cardioplegia to profound hypothermia and total circulatory arrest improves myocardial protection during infant open heart surgery.
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May support adjunctive potassium cardioplegia in infant TOF/VSD repair; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Schachner et al. (1983) studied this question.
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