Continuous retrograde blood cardioplegia ensures prolonged aortic cross-clamping time without increasing the operative risk

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-407

  Bezon, Eric ^a   Choplain, Jean Noël ^a   Khalifa, Ahmed Abdel Aziz ^a   Numa, Habib ^a   Salley, Nicolas ^a   Barra, Jean Aubert ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardioplegia; Myocardial protection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 33746732273     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.131276     Document Type: Article

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