Pro: Is the Pulmonary Artery Catheter Dead?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-146

  Ramsay, James ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

invasive monitoring; outcomes; pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER;

EID: 33846704079     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.12.001     Document Type: Note

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