Microembolic signals and strategy to prevent gas embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zanatta, Paolo ^a   Forti, Alessandro ^a   Bosco, Enrico ^a   Salvador, Loris ^a   Borsato, Maurizio ^a   Baldanzi, Fabrizio ^b   Longo, Carolina ^b   Sorbara, Carlo ^a   longatti, Pierluigi ^c   Valfrè, Carlo ^a  

^a TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Regional Project for the Reduction of Neurodysfunction after Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN EMBOLISM; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; EMBOLISM, AIR; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249153313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-5     Document Type: Article

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