Vulnerability of paediatric myocardium to cardiac surgery

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-217

  Taggart, D P ^a,b   Hadjinikolas, L ^a   Wong, K ^a   Yap, J ^a   Hooper, J ^a   Kemp, M ^a   Hue, D ^a   Yacoub, M ^a   Lincoln, J C ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Myocardial injury; Paediatric patients

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MARKER; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029759991     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.3.214     Document Type: Article

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