Can retrograde cardioplegia alone provide adequate protection for cardiac valve surgery

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Talwalkar, Nirupama G ^a   Lawrie, Gerald M ^a   Earle, Nan ^a   DeBakey, Michael E ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial protection; Retrograde cardioplegia; Valve operations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032905461     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.135     Document Type: Article

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