Changes in myocardial lactate, pyruvate and lactate-pyruvate ratio during cardiopulmonary bypass for elective adult cardiac surgery: Early indicator of morbidity

• Hoofdauteurs: P M Kapoor (Auteur), B Mandal (Auteur), U K Chowdhury (Auteur), S P Singh (Auteur), U Kiran (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Myocardial lactate assays have been established as a standard method to compare various myocardial protection strategies. This study was designed to test whether coronary sinus (CS) lactates, pyruvate and lactate-pyruvate (LP) ratio correlates with myocardial dysfunction and predict post...