Bleeding-edge technology in cardiology - or the mixed blessings of phlebotomy throughout the ages

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-222

  van Tellingen, C ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiology; History; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOLOGY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPING; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMODILUTION; HIP SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE SURGERY; LEECH; LUNG EDEMA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHLEBOTOMY; PUBLICATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77951943660     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03091765     Document Type: Article

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