The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 162-169.e2, January 2010

Magnesium supplementation during cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent junctional ectopic tachycardia after pediatric cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled study

Presented and awarded at the European Symposium of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (March 2008) (Young Investigator Award).

  • Ana M. Manrique, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Margarita Arroyo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Yan Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Erin Colvin, RN, BSN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Steven Lichtenstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Constantinos Chrysostomou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Richard Orr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Edmund Jooste, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Peter Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Peter Wearden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Victor Morell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
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  • Ricardo Munoz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ricardo Munoz, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Chief, Cardiac Intensive Care Division; Director, Cardiac Recovery Program, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Heart Center, 3705 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Received 30 September 2008; received in revised form 27 May 2009; accepted 23 July 2009. published online 12 October 2009.

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 Disclosures: Partially supported by funds from the Nova Biomedical Corporation (Waltham, Mass).

PII: S0022-5223(09)01021-6

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.064

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 162-169.e2, January 2010