Respiratory and hemodynamic management after cardiac surgery

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-169

  Liu, Linda L ^a   Gropper, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial Fibrillation; Main Drug Interaction; Main Side Effect; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346820390     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-002-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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