Animal StudyChemical/Physicochemical StudyHighlightedMolecular hydrogen: prospective treatment strategy of kidney damage after cardiac surgeryMHID-2226442PMID: 374635172023Canadian Journal of Physiology and PharmacologyBarbora Kalocayova, Branislav Kura, Jana Vlkovicova, Denisa Snurikova, Norbert Vrbjar, Karel Frimmel, et al.Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) is a common postoperative complication, mostly due to increasing oxidative stress. Recently, molecular hydrogen (H2 gas), has also been applied to cardiac surgery due to its ability to reduce oxidative stress. We evaluated the potential effect of H2 application on the kidney in an in vivo model of simulated heart transplantation. Pigs underwe