Comparing del Nido and Conventional Cardioplegia in Infants and Neonates in Congenital Heart Surgery Kamal K. Pourmoghadam, MD, Mark Ruzmetov, MD, PhD, Michael C. O'Brien, PA-C, Kurt D. Piggott, MD, Gary Plancher, CCP, Sukumar Suguna Narasimhulu, MD, Tavya Benjamin, BA, William M. Decampli, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 1550-1556 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.070 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Box plot comparison of first 24-hour urine output between del Nido (dN) and conventional multidose high-potassium (non-dN) cardioplegia groups for overall and each Society of Thoracic Surgeons/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Congenital Heart Surgery (STAT) mortality category shows no significant difference between the two groups except STAT 3 patients. The box-and-whiskers plots present the median, first and third quartiles, and range. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1550-1556DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.070) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Box plot comparison of first 24-hour inotropic score between del Nido (dN) and conventional multidose high-potassium (non-dN) cardioplegia groups for overall and each Society of Thoracic Surgeons/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Congenital Heart Surgery (STAT) mortality category shows no significant difference between the two groups. The box-and-whiskers plots present the median, first and third quartiles, and range. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1550-1556DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.070) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions