The effect of leukocyte-depleted blood cardioplegia in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: A randomized, double-blind study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 642-650

  Roth, Matthias ^a   Kraus, Bernhard ^a   Scheffold, Thomas ^b   Reuthebuch, Oliver ^a   Klövekorn, Wolf P ^a   Bauer, Erwin P ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b Heart Institute Lahr/Baden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPLEGIC AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOPAMINE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; BLOOD FILTRATION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033770983     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.109707     Document Type: Article

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