The investigators hypothesize that in addition to a known sympatholytic effect, intraoperative dexmedetomidine reduces adverse changes in mitochondrial function and structure attenuating ischaemia-reperfusion and end-organ injury for children with non cyanotic congenital heart defects having corrective heart surgery.
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Mitochondrial function (use high content imaging (HCI)
Timeframe: Intraoperative