Nesiritide as Bridge to Multi-Organ Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 308-310

  Cochrane, A B ^a   Fedson, S E ^b   Cronin II, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; NATRIURESIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPHYLAXIS; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE III; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NATRIURETIC AGENTS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846594774     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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