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cardioplegia

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cardioplegia [ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈpliːdʒɪə]
n
(Medicine) Med deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
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Also, cardioplegia solution (glucose content based on how much solution given during cardiac surgery) may have influenced postoperative BGL, Parsonnet Scores (calculated preoperative risk score) were not available, and APACHE II scores are based on trauma patients and do not translate precisely to postoperative cardiac patients.
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Cardioplegia is a drug solution that paralyzes the heart during cardiac surgery.
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Cold blood cardioplegia with antegrade intervals and cold topical irrigation with +4[degrees]C ringer lactate were used for myocardial protection.
The effect of preoperative circadian blood pressure pattern on early ... by Bahcivan, Muzaffer; Gulel, Okan; Kolbakir, Fersat / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
 
 
 
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