Network meta-analysis of cardioplegic methods, in elective isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Paris Dimitrios Kalogerakos, Stamatios Kokkinakis, Evangelos Akoumianakis, Thomas Karagkounis, Aikaterini Gavalaki, Michael Kiparakis, Ioannis Akoumianakis, Lambros Lazopoulos, Tsampika Gaitanaki, Alexandros Andreou, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Nikolaos Kontopodis, George Lazopoulos, Department of Cardiac Surgery, General University Hospital of Heraklion, Department of General, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Head and Neck Surgery, General University Hospital of Heraklion, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Department of Cardiology, General University Hospital of Heraklion, Department of General Surgery, General University Hospital of Heraklion, Department of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Heraklion

Perfusion

Published online on July 08, 2025

Abstract

Perfusion, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 240-253, April 2026.
BackgroundCardioplegic arrest can be induced by various methods, fueling a long-standing controversy about their comparative merit. We aim to compare cardioplegic methods in coronary artery disease.MethodsPubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases were ...