J Cardiovasc Surg
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Crystalloid versus blood cardioplegia in coronary by-pass surgery. A prospective, randomized, controlled study in 100 consecutive adults.
In a prospective randomized trial we investigated the benefit of blood versus asanguinous cardioplegia in routine coronary by-pass grafting. One hundred consecutive adult patients were randomly assigned to two groups: Group A (53 patients) received cold blood cardioplegia and group B (47 patients) had standard St. Thomas solution. ⋯ Hospital stay did not differ between the two groups. In this clinical trial we could demonstrate the superiority of blood versus crystalloid cardioplegia in routine coronary by-pass grafting. Ante- and retrograde delivery of cold blood cardioplegia followed by warm reperfusion is a safe and simple method yielding satisfactory results.