Flooding the surgical field with carbon dioxide during open heart surgery improves segmental wall motion

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Skidmore, Kimberly L ^a,b   Jones, Clinton ^a   DeWet, Charl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cardiac surgery; Transesophageal echocardiography; Wall motion abnormalities

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PLACEBOS;

EID: 33749079031     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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