Conduction disturbances after different blood cardioplegia modes in coronary artery bypass grafting: Including comparison with an earlier patient series

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Pehkonen, Erkki J ^a   Honkonen, Eva L ^a   Mäkynen, Pekka J ^a   Kataja, Matti J ^b   Tarkka, Matti R ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; myocardial protection; postoperative conduction disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029859782     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017439609107260     Document Type: Article

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