Incidence and outcome of radial artery infections following cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 801-804

  El Hamamsy, Ismaïl ^a   Dürrleman, Nicolas ^a   Stevens, Louis Mathieu ^a   Leung, Tack Ki ^a   Theoret, Sylvie ^a   Carrier, Michel ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANNULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EVALUATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0042832647     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00725-2     Document Type: Article

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