Coronary artery disease

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 693-802

  Lancey, Robert A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; KETOROLAC; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTAMINE SULFATE; THROMBOXANE A2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COUNTERPULSATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PUMP; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0242442019     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-3840(03)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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