Background
CARDIOPULMONARY, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Over the past years, several substantial clinical trials have accumulated identifying inflammatory processes as key mediators of the deleterious inflammatory processes as myocardial ischemia–reperfusion-related phenomena in patients presenting with myocardial infarction [Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a necessary life support during open-heart surgery. Inflammatory response caused by many factors including CPB has been well known to increase postoperative morbidity and mortality [