Influence of propofol–opioid vs isoflurane–opioid anaesthesia on postoperative troponin release in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting † †A preliminary account of the results of this study has been presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists in Antalya, Turkey.

Abstract

In experimental and clinical studies, volatile anaesthesia has proven to possess cardioprotective properties. However, no randomized controlled trials on the use of isoflurane during the entire cardiac surgical procedure are available. We therefore compared isoflurane-sufentanil vs propofol-sufentanil anaesthesia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.