Intravenous adenosine for surgical management of penetrating heart wounds

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-81

  Kokotsakis, John ^a   Hountis, Panagiotis G ^a,e   Antonopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Skouteli, Elian ^b   Athanasiou, Thanos ^c   Lioulias, Achilleas ^d  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenosine administration dosage; Cardiac surgery; Emergencies; Heart arrest induced; Heart injuries surgery; Infusions, intravenous; Wounds, penetrating surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34247141877     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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