L-arginine effects on myocardial stress in cardiac surgery: Preliminary results

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 904-910

  Colagrande, Luisa ^a,b   Formica, Francesco ^a   Porta, Fabiano ^a   Brustia, Matteo ^a   Avalli, Lionello ^b   Sangalli, Fabio ^b   Muratore, Maria ^a   Paolini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Coronary artery bypass graft; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial protection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33644794331     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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