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Cardioplegiaisintentionalandtemporarycessationofcardiacactivity,primarilyforcardiacsurgery.Contents.1Overview;2Physiology;3Alternativesto ...

Intentional and temporary cessation of cardiac activity, primarily for cardiac surgery

Cardioplegia is intentional and temporary cessation of cardiac activity, primarily for cardiac surgery.

The word cardioplegia combines the Greek cardio meaning the "heart", and plegia "paralysis".[1] Technically, this means arresting or stopping the heart so that surgical procedures can be done in a still and bloodless field. Most commonly, however, the word cardioplegia refers to the solution used to bring about asystole of the heart, or heart paralysis. One of the first physicians to use the term cardioplegia was Dr. Lam in 1957. However his work on the myocardial protection was preceded serendipitously by Sydney Ringer in the late 1800s. At that time Ringer and colleagues noticed that tap water had the ability to increase contractility of the heart, likely due to its high c...