Abstract:Objective To study the cardioprotective effect of cardioplegia containing insulin in open-heart surgery. Methods Sixty-eight patients undergoing open-heart surgery were randomly divided into group A and group B, each group had 34 patients. The patients in the group A were perfused with cardioplegia containing insulin, while those in the group B were perfused with cardioplegia containing blood. Then auto-rebeat rate of heart, use of vasoactive agents, changes of myocardial enzymes and myocardial ultrastructures were observed. Results The autorebeat rate of heart in the patients of the group A was higher, and cardioplegia was only needed to be perfused once in the heart surgery. There were no obvious differences in the changes of myocardial enzymes or the myocardial ultrastructures between the two groups. Conclusions Cardioplegia containing insulin has the advantages of simple preparation, fewer times of perfusion in surgery, better protective effect and shorter operative time.