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Method for electively achieving reversible hyperpolarized cardiac arrest

  • US 5,428,039 A
  • Filed: 02/20/1994
  • Issued: 06/27/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for electively achieving reversible cardiac arrest, comprising the steps of:

  • interrupting coronary blood circulation surgically in a patient in need of a cardiac or great vessel operation or other operation requiring elective cardiac arrest;

    introducing into the heart of said patient a sufficient amount of an ATP-dependent potassium channel opening agent to cause hyperpolarization of heart cells and arrest the beating of the heart; and

    re-establishing coronary blood circulation in said patient.

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