A technique for aortic valve replacement on the beating heart with continuous retrograde coronary sinus perfusion with warm oxygenated blood

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1312-1314

  Gersak, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CORONARY SINUS; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PERFUSION;

EID: 0141785658     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00442-9     Document Type: Article

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