The importance of intraoperative selenium blood levels on organ dysfunction in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled trial.

The importance of intraoperative selenium blood levels on organ dysfunction in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled trial.

Cardiac surgery is accompanied by an increase of oxidative stress, a significantly reduced antioxidant (AOX) capacity, postoperative inflammation, all of which may promote the development of organ dysfunction and an increase in mortality. Selenium is an essential co-factor of various antioxidant enz...

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Main Authors: Ana Stevanovic, Mark Coburn, Ares Menon, Rolf Rossaint, Daren Heyland, Gereon Schälte, Thilo Werker, Willibald Wonisch, Michael Kiehntopf, Andreas Goetzenich, Steffen Rex, Christian Stoppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4132095?pdf=render

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