Predictors of infection after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Maruna, Pavel ^a   Kunstyr, Jan ^a   Plocova, Katerina M ^a   Mlejnsky, Frantisek ^a   Hubacek, Jaroslav ^b   Klein, Andrew A ^c   Lindner, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Infection; Inflammatory mediators; Procalcitonin; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEPSIS; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 78751580673     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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