Topical cooling for myocardial protection: The results of a prospective randomized study of the "shallow technique"

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-362

  Cassese, Mauro ^a   Martinelli, Gianluca ^a   Nasso, Giuseppe ^b,c   Anselmi, Amedeo ^b   De Filippo, Carlo Maria ^b   Braccio, Maurizio ^a   Baraldi, Christian ^a   De Rosis, Maria Grazia ^b   Agnino, Alfonso ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPICARDIUM; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745591888     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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