Air trapping ability of the Spiral Gold® membrane oxygenator: An ex vivo study

Perfusion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Mueller, Xavier M ^a   Tevaearai, Hendrick T ^a   Van Ness, Karen ^a   Horisberger, Judith ^a   Augstburger, Monique ^a   Burki, Marco ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATTLE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031984688     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765919801300107     Document Type: Article

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