Del Nido cardioplegia for cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass: is the best yet to come?

Wael Saade¹, Giacomo Frati^{2

3}, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai^{2

4}, Carlo Gaudio

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome.
² Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina.
³ IRCCS NeuroMed, Pozzilli.
⁴ Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy.

Editorial

Wael Saade et al. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2023.

. 2023 Oct 1;24(10):708-710.

doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001539.

Wael Saade¹, Giacomo Frati^{2

3}, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai^{2

4}, Carlo Gaudio

¹ Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome.
² Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina.
³ IRCCS NeuroMed, Pozzilli.
⁴ Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy.

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Comment on

del Nido versus blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis.
Malvindi PG, Tian DH, Bifulco O, Berretta P, Alfonsi J, Cefarelli M, Yan TD, Di Eusanio M. Malvindi PG, et al. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2023 Aug 1;24(8):522-529. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001506. Epub 2023 Jun 26. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2023. PMID: 37409597

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