Routine left atrial catheterization for the post-operative management of cardiac surgical patients: Is the risk justified?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-221

  Santini, Francesco ^a   Gatti, Giuseppe ^a   Borghetti, Valentino ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left atrial line; Open heart operations; Postoperative care; Pressures monitoring; Pulmonary vascular constriction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REOPERATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032790240     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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