Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Experience and Lessons Learned in 1,500 Cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1457-1464

  Jamieson, Stuart W ^a   Kapelanski, David P ^a   Sakakibara, Naohide ^a   Manecke, Gerard R ^a   Thistlethwaite, Patricia A ^a   Kerr, Kim M ^a   Channick, Richard N ^a   Fedullo, Peter F ^a   Auger, William R ^a   Mcgregor, Christopher G ^b   Atkinson, Alvan W ^b   Bavaria, Joseph E ^b   D'Armini, Andrea M ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOLING; ENDARTERECTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LEARNING; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242721247     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00828-2     Document Type: Article

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