Organ protection with anesthetic agents: myth or reality

Stefan G De Hert

2010, Number S1

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Rev Mex Anest 2010; 33 (S1)

Organ protection with anesthetic agents: myth or reality

De Hert SG

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Increasing experimental evidence has indicated that volatile anesthetic agents may exert direct cardioprotective effects. These effects occur independently from their effects on myocardial oxygen balance and are related to an anesthetic preconditioning and postconditioning effect.