Cold Agglutinins in Cardiac Surgery: Management of Myocardial Protection and Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 310-311

  Atkinson, Victoria P ^a   Soeding, Paul ^a   Horne, Greg ^a   Tatoulis, James ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; COLD AGGLUTININ; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 37249067045     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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