Perfusion Through the Looking Glass (EP Video)

GIK may therefore serve to protect the myocardium and promote adequate cardiac and hemodynamic performance that would improve patient recovery.

We set out to compare episodes of poor global cerebral oxygenation, defined as a jugular bulb saturation less than 50%, between patients randomized to off-pump or (conventional) on-pump coronary artery surgery.

Patients receiving lower dose of heparin had lower postoperative blood loss.