Inflammatory reactions following homograft insertion in children with congenital heart disease

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Atiq, Mehnaz ^a   Sunnegardh, Jan ^b   Sudow, Göran ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Homograft; Postoperative fever

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031796567     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439850139889     Document Type: Article

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