The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 3 , Pages 762-770 , March 2011

Protecting the aged heart during cardiac surgery: The potential benefits of del Nido cardioplegia

  • Stacy B. O’Blenes, MD

      Affiliations

    • IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Stacy B. O’Blenes, MD, IWK Children’s Heart Centre, IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Ave, PO Box 9700, Halifax, NS, Canada B3K 6R8.
    • ,
  • Camille Hancock Friesen, MD

      Affiliations

    • IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Ahmad Ali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Susan Howlett, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Received 5 January 2010 ,Revised 15 February 2010 ,Accepted 2 June 2010.

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 This work was supported by a Seed Grant from the Dalhousie University Department of Surgery.

 Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00594-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.004

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 3 , Pages 762-770 , March 2011

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