Isoflurane provides better myocardial protection than midazolam in pediatric patients during open heart surgeries

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the applicability of anesthetic myocardial protection [pre-conditioning and minimization of reperfusion injury] using two anesthetic regimens on plasma levels of cardiac troponin T [cTnT], as a marker of myocardial ischemia, in pediatric patients assigned for surgical correction of congenital heart diseases using cardiopulmonary bypass [CPB]