%0 Journal Article
%T Supplemental Cardioplegia Immediately before Graft Implantation may Improve Early Post-Transplantation Outcome
%A Hendrik T. Tevaearai Stahel
%A Darja Unger
%A Juerg Schmidli
%A Lars Englberger
%A Alexander Kadner
%A Balthasar Eberle
%A Thierry P. Carrel
%J Frontiers in Surgery
%D 2014
%I Frontiers Media
%R 10.3389/fsurg.2014.00046
%X Background: Preservation of cardiac grafts for transplantation is not standardized and most centers use a single administration of crystalloid solution at the time of harvesting. We investigated possible benefits of an additional dose of cardioplegia dispensed immediately before implantation.
%K cardiac transplantation
%K cardioplegia
%K cardiac surgery outcome
%K organ
%U http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2014.00046/abstract