Axillary artery cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support in adults: An approach to minimize complications

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2097-2098

  Moazami, Nader ^a,b   Moon, Marc R ^a   Lawton, Jennifer S ^a   Bailey, Marci ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Queeny Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0345802909     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00965-6     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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