Use of del Nido Cardioplegia Solution for Different Age Groups (Pediatric/Adult) in Cardiovascular Surgery

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Myocardial protection is the most important issue of all modern era cardiac surgery procedures. Although myocardial protection is often referred to as "cardioplegia", these terms should not be used interchangeably. Myocardial protection includes the preoperative process, selection of optimal cardiopulmonary bypass techniques, anesthetic agents, topical cooling, avoidance of distension, surgical repair, and management of hemodynamic parameters (1). Myocardial protection is a complex process involving all actors in the operating room, including anesthesiologist, surgeon and perfusionist (2). Cardioplegia is a basic cardioprotective pharmacological treatment for electromechanical cardiac arrest during cardiac surgery (3,4).