Preface

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1. Why do we need new approaches in myocardial protection?
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1.1.The geriatrician\'s and epidemiologists view

1.2.The surgeon\'s view

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1. Fundamental developments of the past
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3.Sites of injury

3.1.The endothelium

3.2.The myocyte

3.3.The conductance system

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1. Special needs in clinical myocardial protection
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4.1.Protection in the neonatal

4.2.Protection in the hypertrophied/failing heart

4.3.Protection of the senescent heart

4.4.Protection of the right heart

4.5.Protection during heart transplantation

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1. Possible new approaches and concepts
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5.1.The endothelium as a target

5.2.Vascular facts including angiogenesis of cardioplegia

5.3.Continuous perfusion during procurement/transport

5.4.Optimizing metabolims/anaplerosis

5.5.Alternative solutions for the heart

5.6.Radical scavangers in cardioplegia

5.7.Visualization techniques in cardioplegia

5.8.The coronary sinus: an alternative route for cell-TX