Microembolic signal counts increase during hyperbaric exposure in patients with prosthetic heart valves

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1142-1146

  Baumgartner, R W ^a,c   Frick, A ^a   Kremer, C ^a   Oechslin, E ^a   Russi, E ^a   Turina, J ^a   Georgiadis, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035783915     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.117282     Document Type: Article

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