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Cardiovascular Disease

Carvalho G, Pelletier P, Albacker T et al.

McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

 J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011;96:1469–77.

Editor’s note: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) plus cardiac arrest induces the greatest degree of ischemia–reperfusion injury. Despite advances in cardioprotection strategies, myocardial dysfunction following open heart surgery remains an ongoing problem in an increasingly vulnerable patient population.

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