Factors that predict the use of positive inotropic drug support after cardiac valve surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 461-467

  Butterworth IV, John F ^a   Legault, Claudine ^a   Royster, Roger L ^a   Hammon Jr , John W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMRINONE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AMRINONE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031911283     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00002     Document Type: Article

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