Anatomic and hemodynamic considerations influencing the efficiency of retrograde cardioplegia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1389-1395

  Ruengsakulrach, Permyos ^a   Buxton, Brian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0035061832     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01991-3     Document Type: Article

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