Lactate concentration gradient from right atrium to pulmonary artery: A commentary

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-338

  Creteur, Jacques ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEPSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEPSIS;

EID: 23744500611     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3769     Document Type: Article

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