Right axillary artery cannulation for surgical management of the hostile ascending aorta

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-193

  Kokotsakis, John ^a   Lazopoulos, George ^a,c   Milonakis, Michael ^a   Athanasiadis, George ^a   Romana, Konstantina ^a   Skouteli, Elian ^a   Bastounis, Elias ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting complications; Aortic aneurysm complications; Arteriosclerosis complications; Axillary artery; Cardiopulmonary bypass methods; Catheterization, peripheral methods; Extracorporeal circulation; Femoral artery; Reperfusion methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLEEDING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DACRON IMPLANT; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 20444395464     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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