Nanocarriers for oxygen delivery have been the focus of extensive research to ameliorate
the therapeutic effects of current anti-cancer treatments and in the organ transplant field. In …

Endothelial cell damage caused by myocardial cardioplegic solutions (Bretschneider HTK
and St. Thomas' Hospital No. 2) or renal and hepatic cold storage solutions (modified Collins …

Introduction With the introduction of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) as
new surgical technique, the need arose for strategies that could safely prolong graft …

Numerous solutions have been advocated for the preservation of donor hearts, and there
has been much interest in universal and intracellular preservation solutions. This study …

Objective: We previously showed that arrest with multidose infusions of high-dose (1
mmol/L) esmolol (an ultra-short-acting β-blocker) in oxygenated Krebs-Henseleit buffer …

Background. Na+/H+ exchange has been reported to be one of the key mechanisms in
myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, the effect of temperature on Na+/H+ …

The clinical use of cardioplegia is now accepted world-wide for all aspects of cardiac
surgery. Myocardial protection can be achieved with a number of cardioplegic solutions but …

Oxygenation of a bicarbonate-containing crystalloid cardioplegic solution alters the partial
pressure of both oxygen (O 2) and carbon dioxide (CO 2). Therefore, oxygenating St …

Purpose: The efficacy of combination treatment of original cold crystalloid cardioplegia (SHA
solution; St. Thomas+ Histidine+ ATP+ oxygen) and additional blood cardioplegia was …

Cardioplexol ist eine kristalloide Kardioplegielösung, die sich besonders durch ihr geringes
Verabreichungsvolumen, den schnellen Wirkungseintritt sowie eine verlängerte …