Impact of Variable Types of Preconditioning Upon the Inotrope Score in Adult Patients, Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Preconditioning (PC) of the heart occurs when brief exposure to a stimulus protects the heart from subsequent ischemia. PC stimulus may be (ischemic ; pharmacologic or Physical).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-60 years old

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status II and III

• Patients scheduled for open heart surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency surgery

• Clinically significant kidney or liver disease

• Patients allergic to local anesthetic

• Patients with prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time (>120 min)

• Patients required intra-aortic balloon pump

• Postoperative hemodynamic instability (including the occurrence of serious arrhythmia) or bleeding that required surgical re-exploration