Successful treatment of accidental air embolism in warm heart surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-69

  Gomes, Walter J ^a,b   Strisiver, David A ^a,b   Penco, Albert J F ^a,b   Rampersad, Kamal ^a,b   Angelini, Gianni D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Caribbean Heart Care   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID; MANNITOL; STEROID; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEART DILATATION; HEART MASSAGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037830077     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100116     Document Type: Article

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