The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 874-880 , April 2010

Cold blood cardioplegia reduces the increase in cardiac enzyme levels compared with cold crystalloid cardioplegia in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for isolated aortic stenosis

  • Bjørn Braathen, MD
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  • Theis Tønnessen, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Theis Tønnessen, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ullevål University Hospital, and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Received 16 March 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2009 ,Accepted 31 May 2009.

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 Supported by the Ingegerd and Viking Olov Björk Scholarship received by Dr Tønnessen.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00814-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.036

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 874-880 , April 2010

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