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From: Keeping the heart empty and beating: an alternative technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery

Fig. 2

An example of obtaining 31P MR spectra (A). Averaged levels of the myocardial high-energy phosphates Pi, PCr and ATP measured during NHSP and NNSP (B). No significant changes in Pi, PCr, or ATP were observed in the both group. Abbreviations: Pi, inorganic phosphate; PCr, phosphocreatine; ATP, adenosine triphosphate; NHSP, normothermic hyperkalemic simultaneous blood perfusion; NNSP, normothermic normokalemic simultaneous blood perfusion.MR, magnetic resonance; 31P, phosphorus 31

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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