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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The optimal calcium concentration in cardioplegia for the newborn has not been determined. Therefore, the effect of 0, 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, and 2.4 mmol/L calcium in modified St. Thomas cardioplegia was evaluated in isolated working hearts of 7- to 10-day-old rabbits. Functional recovery was determined by comparing aortic flow, developed pressure, and first derivative of left ventricular pressure (dP/dt) before and after 1 hour of normothermic (37 degrees C) ischemia. As percentages of baseline values, recovery of developed pressure and dP/dt averaged 10% +/- 1% (mean +/- standard error of the mean) and 10% +/- 1% with 0 mmol/L, 46% +/- 7% and 44% +/- 8% with 0.6 mmol/L, 79% +/- 2% and 76% +/- 2% with 1.2 mmol/L, 67% +/- 2% and 61% +/- 5% with 1.8 mmol/L, and 65% +/- 5% and 65% +/- 7% with 2.4 mmol/L calcium, respectively. Significant improvement in recovery of developed pressure and dP/dt was detected when the calcium concentration was increased from 0 to 0.6 mmol/L and from 0.6 to 1.2 mmol/L, but the groups with 1.2, 1.8, and 2.4 mmol/L did not differ from one another significantly in terms of developed pressure and dP/dt recovery. There was no recovery of aortic flow when 0 mmol/L calcium was used; at calcium concentrations of 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, and 2.4 mmol/L, recovery of aortic flow averaged 16% +/- 7%, 63% +/- 10%, 23% +/- 10%, and 36% +/- 11% of baseline values, respectively. Recovery of aortic flow with 1.2 mmol/L calcium was significantly higher than at concentrations of 0.6 and 1.8 mmol/L.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The concentration of calcium in neonatal cardioplegia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery (Thoracic Section), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article