Stay off-pump and do not touch the aorta!

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-280

  Falk, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GASEOUS MICROEMBOLIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROKE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AORTA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 76349105453     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp527     Document Type: Editorial

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