Cardiac surgery in the patient with human immunodeficiency virus

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2003, Pages 219-225

  Frater, R W M ^a   Comacho, M ^a   Frymus, M ^a   Soeiro, R ^a   Zingman, B S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0242367415     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000073186     Document Type: Article

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