A cardioplegia circuit with versatility: The 'ReVerse' system. How to do it

Perfusion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Colangelo, Nicola ^a,c   Moriggia, S ^a   Kieser, T ^b   De Simone, F ^a   Vescovo, A ^a   Palumbo, L ^a   Denti, P ^a   Guidotti, A ^a   Blasio, A ^a   Maisano, F ^a   Alfieri, O ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Division of Cardiac Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardioplegia; Cardiopulmonary bypass system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CRYSTALLOID; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTIONS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; PERFUSION;

EID: 60349129322     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267659108101498     Document Type: Article

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