Journal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and Surgery2377-1364Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA152710.15436/2377-1364.17.075Research ArticleThe Importance of Intralipid in Heart Protection: A Brief ReviewThe Importance of Intralipid in Heart Protection: A Brief ReviewSolmaz Maleki Dizaj 1Faculty of Pharmacy Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran 2Student Research Committee Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran Editor* E-mail: maleki.s.89@gmail.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20173005201741JAS-17-MRW-1527/07515052017290520172017Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Intralipid as a first safe fat emulsion for human use has been shown to be cardio protective in some recent studies This is a brief review with the main focus on recent studies about intralipids and their role in the heart protection Intralipids as a source of calories have been applied for several years to cure patients However there are rare reports in the case of rescuing effect in many toxicities specially cardiotoxicity Thus more investigations are still needed to explain the basic mechanism of intralipids concerning to heart protection and resulting new applications 10