Cannulation of the axillary artery for cardiopulmonary bypass: Safeguards and pitfalls

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 931-934

  Sinclair, Michael C ^a   Singer, Raymond L ^a   Manley, Norman J ^a   Montesano, Ralph M ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AXILLARY ARTERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AXILLARY ARTERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037336541     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04497-1     Document Type: Article

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