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Celsior Versus Microplegia: Analysis of Myocardial Protection in Elective Aortic Valve Replacement

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003497516313017

Author(s)

Jose López-Menéndez, Javier Miguelena, Carlos Morales, Carmen L. Díaz, Francisco Callejo, Juan Carlos Llosa, Jacobo Silva

This retrospective study compared Celsior (65% of pts) to all-blood continuous myocardial protection (35%) in 631 patients undergoing elective aortic valve replacement. Troponin T release was lower in Celsior patients, as was the risk of postoperative death (OR 0.33; 0.15 - 0.76). Other outcomes were similar between the groups.