These case studies show how pH-guided myocardial management addresses the two major causes of morbidity and mortality following open-heart surgery: inadequate protection of the heart from ischemic injury and inadequate revascularization.

They also demonstrate that regional myocardial acidosis is unpredictable in cardiac surgery and describe several maneuvers that can be employed by the surgical team to reverse it.

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