Pulmonary artery catheter in the coronary sinus: Implications of a persistent left superior vena cava for retrograde cardioplegia

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 448-449

  Hanson, Eric W ^a   Hannan, Robert L ^a   Baum, Victor C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioplegia; Coronary sinus; Monitoring; Pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CORONARY SINUS; LUNG ARTERY CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031877329     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(98)90203-8     Document Type: Article

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