Cooling catheter for spinal cord preservation in thoracic aortic surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Moomiaie, R M A ^a   Ransden, J ^b   Stein, J ^b   Strugar, J ^a   Zhu, Q B ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Elefteriades, John A ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Synectic Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Hypothermia; Paraplegia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; WARMING;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIA; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947287980     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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