Carbon dioxide field flooding minimizes residual intracardiac air after open heart operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1489-1491

  Webb, Watts R ^a   Harrison Jr , Lynn H ^a   Helmcke, Frederic R ^a   Camino Lopez, Asuncion ^a   Munfakh, Nabil A ^a   Heck Jr , Herman A ^a   Moulder, Peter V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030730140     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00945-4     Document Type: Article

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