The del Nido cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: reinventing myocardial protection?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal School of Medicine, Quebec, Canada.

Editorial

Wenzong Luo et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;11(Suppl 3):S367-S369.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.65.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal School of Medicine, Quebec, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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