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Potassium-induced cardioplegia
1Department of Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, N.Y. 10021.
Cardioplegia induced with an osmotically balanced solution of high potassium concentration appears to lower the oxygen requirements of the heart, slows high-energy phosphate depletion to some extent, and is associated with increased survival in prolonged normothermic ischemia. To date no obvious detrimental effects have been observed from injecting this solution.
Cardioplegia induced with an osmotically balanced solution of high potassium concentration appears to lower the oxygen requirements of the heart, slows high-energy phosphate depletion to some extent, and is associated with increased survival in prolonged normothermic ischemia. To date no obvious detrimental effects have been observed from injecting this solution.