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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 2, 438-441, Copyright © 1988 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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A comparison of blood, crystalloid and oxygenated crystalloid cardioplegia solutions on myoglobin and creatine kinase release following cardiac surgery

SP Gerrish, JJ Goiti and JE Hunsley
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

Oxygenated crystalloid cardioplegia was found not to produce better cardioprotection than blood or crystalloid cardioplegia, as assessed by myoglobin and creatine kinase MB (CPK-MB) isoenzyme, in patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. Myoglobin and CPK-MB levels were found to peak at 1 and 3 h, respectively, following release of the aortic cross-clamp. There was a good correlation between peak myoglobin and CPK-MB levels. CPK-MB of non-cardiac origin was found to represent a substantial proportion of total CPK-MB 4 h after the release of the aortic cross-clamp.