Levosimendan for ischemic preconditioning in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-253

  Ersoy, Ozgur ^a   Budak, A Baran ^a   Mungan, Ufuk ^a   Tutun, Ufuk ^a   Parlar, A Ihsan ^a   Cicekcioglu, Ferit ^a   Ulus, A Tulga ^a   Katircioglu, S Fehmi ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOSIMENDAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; PYRIDAZINES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 42549115614     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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