Del Nido versus HTK cardioplegia for myocardial protection during adult complex valve surgery: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) and del Nido (DN) cardioplegia are intracellular-type and extracellular-type solution respectively, both can provide a long period of myocardial protection with single-dose infusion, but studies comparing the two are rare for adult cardiac...

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Main Authors: Lian Duan, Guo-huang Hu, E. Wang, Cheng-liang Zhang, Ling-jin Huang, Yan-ying Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02411-w