Myocardial Protection in Cardiac Surgery;Proteção Miocárdica em Cirurgia Cardíaca

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 558-574

  Sá Malbouisson, Luiz Marcelo ^a,b,c   Dos Santos, Luciana Moraes ^a   Costa Auler Jr , José Otávio ^a,c   Carvalho Carmona, Maria José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Terapia Intensiva AMIB   (Brazil)

^c Divisão de Anestesia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analgesics, opioid; Anesthetics, volatile; Complications, cardiovascular: Ischemia reperfusion; Surgery, cardiac

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; XENON;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIOPLEGIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 25444457783     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-70942005000500012     Document Type: Review

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