ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, cilt.61, sa.3, ss.834-839, 1996 (SCI-Expanded)
Background. Blood cardioplegic strategies have been shown to increase myocardial oxygen uptake, replenish depleted energy stores, and improve myocardial function and survival in the high-risk subset of patients. However, the superiority of these techniques over intermittent aortic cross-clamping and crystalloid cardioplegia in low-risk patients is still controversial.