Assessing myocardial perfusion with albunex during coronary artery bypass surgery: Technical considerations and safety of aortic root injections

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 713-718

  Aronson, S ^a   Savage, R ^a   Fernandez, A ^a   Klein, A ^a   Young, C ^a   Toledano, A ^a   Lee, B K ^a   Karp, R B ^a   Lytle, B ^a   Loop, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast echocardiography; coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CREATINE KINASE MB; IOPAMIDOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 10244235409     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(96)80195-9     Document Type: Article

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