Intermittent Cross-Clamp Fibrillation Versus Cardioplegic Arrest During Coronary Surgery in 6,680 Patients: A Contemporary Review of an Historical Technique

摘要

Objective: Myocardial management during on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery includes aortic cross-clamping followed by fibrillation (XCF) and aortic cross-clamping followed by diastolic cardioplegia (cardioplegia). The authors wished to compare in-hospital and survival outcomes between these procedures.