Heparin-coated equipment reduces the risk of oxygenator failure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1310-1312

  Wahba, Alexander ^a,b   Philipp, Alois ^a   Behr, Renate ^a   Birnbaum, Dietrich E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Klin fur Herz Thorax herznahe G   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OXYGENATOR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 0032076057     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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