2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.134
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Commentary: Easier is not always better than better

Abstract: The quest for the ideal cardioplegia solution dates back to the use of potassium for cardiac arrest by Melrose in 1957. 1 Further improvements were facilitated by the work of Gay and Ebert in 1973, Hearse in 1976, Buckberg in 1978, and Fremes in 1984, thus, enabling safe, open cardiac surgery. 2-5 A cornucopia of choices now exist that provide a quiet, bloodless field for cardiac surgery (Table 1). There is significant variation in practice among surgeons worldwide, with the majority of surgeons in Europe, Nor… Show more

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