Pituitary gland macroadenoma: A cause of transient blindness after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 929-931

  Loubani, Mahmoud ^a   Galiñanes, Manuel ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMIANOPIA; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; BLINDNESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034843245     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02292-X     Document Type: Article

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