Volatile cardioplegia: fast normothermic cardiac arrest induction and recovery with halothane in isolated rat hearts
To study the effect of halothane as a cardioplegic agent, ten Wistar rats were anesthetized by ether inhalation and their hearts were perfused in a Langendorff system with Krebs-Henseleit solution (36oC; 90 cm H2O pressure). After a 15-min period for stabilization the control values for heart rate,...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
1997-06-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000600009 |