Right ventricular function in patients treated with inhaled nitric oxide after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease in newborns and children

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-363

  Schulze Neick, Ingram ^a,b   Bültmann, Moritz ^a,b   Werner, Heinrich ^a,b   Gamillscheg, Andreas ^a,b   Vogel, Michael ^a,b   Berger, Felix ^a,b   Rossaint, Rolf ^a,b   Hetzer, Roland ^a,b   Lange, Peter E ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0343247686     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00367-6     Document Type: Article

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