The need for monitoring during endovascular vein harvesting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-

  Sinha, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Jayant, Aveek ^a   Kumar, Bhupesh ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Capnography; Endoscopic vein harvest; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CAPNOGRAPHY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN GRAFT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VEINS;

EID: 37249086552     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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