Lung fibrosis as a potential complication of the hemostatic tissue sealant, biologic glue (Bioglue)

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1387-1388

  Haj Yahia, Saleem ^a,b   Mittal, Tarun ^a   Birks, Emma ^a   Carby, Martin ^a   Petrou, Mario ^a   Pepper, John ^a   Dreyfus, Gilles ^a   Amrani, Mohammed ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTEINS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 34247519629     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.072     Document Type: Article

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