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What is the best cardioplegic solution now a days used to arrest the heart to work longer time during cardiac surgery under CPB?

After establishing CBP to arrest the heart, crystalloid or blood cardioplegia is infused in to the aortic root. .They are usually infused intermittently with20-30 min interval time.some such solutions are developed which can keep the heart arrested without significant myocardial damage.

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Question added by Shariful Kazi , Professor of Cardiac surgery , MOH&FW BANGLADESH
Date Posted: 2015/02/28
Md Faizus Sazzad
by Md Faizus Sazzad , Associate Consultant , Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute

Long acting available formulation is Custrodiol. But we can easily formulate Delnido. Which gives a safe period of 45-60 min. 

Vikas Sharma
by Vikas Sharma , Associate Consultant/Assistant Professor , University of Utah

DelNido Cardioplegia and custodial cardioplegia

Dr Umar Abubakar
by Dr Umar Abubakar , Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon , Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto and Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto

Del Nido Cardiplegia especially in paediatric patients

MEDHAT AHMED REFAIE REFAIE
by MEDHAT AHMED REFAIE REFAIE , senior registrar cardiac surgery , ministry of defence

for our centre we use the custiol solution

University of Wisconsin Solution,Or any other cold ,crystalloid solution containing Potassium Chloride

syed mukassaruddin
by syed mukassaruddin , Anesthesia technologist , King fahd military medical complex

Delnido Cardio plegia high concentration of plasma solution

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