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Effect of stabilized hemoglobin as a component of cardioplegia on warm ischemic heart

S Matsushita1, Y Sakakibara, T Jikuya

  • 1Dept. of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Stabilized hemoglobin was utilized as a component of cardioplegia in isolated rat heart. While oxygen consumption and heart function was better preserved in long term after reperfusion, damage from reperfusion injury was suspected and reversed in part by diltiazem.

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