ECMO and inhaled nitric oxide for cardiopulmonary failure after heart retransplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 533-535

  Barzaghi, Nicoletta ^a,b   Olivei, Maddalena ^a   Minzioni, Gaetano ^a   Degani, Antonella ^a   Braschi, Antonio ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANOXEMIA; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0031044903     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00770-9     Document Type: Article

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