Right ventricular perforation by a pulmonary artery catheter during coronary artery bypass surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1089-1090

  Lyew, Michael A ^a   Bacon, Douglas R ^a   Nesarajah, Moses S ^a  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; PROCAINAMIDE;

AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0029987742     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00040     Document Type: Article

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