Does the use of carbon dioxide field flooding during heart valve surgery prevent postoperative cerebrovascular complications?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-326

  Giordano, Salvatore ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^b  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air embolisation; Carbon dioxide field flooding; Evidence based medicine; Heart valve surgery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049106115     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.206177     Document Type: Article

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