Cardiovascular surgery and organ damage: Time to reconsider the role of hemolysis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Vermeulen Windsant, Iris C ^a,b,d   Hanssen, Sebastiaan J ^a,c,d   Buurman, Wim A ^a,b   Jacobs, Michael J ^a,c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITRULLINE; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; INHALATION; PERFUSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REPERFUSION INJURY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 79959366543     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.012     Document Type: Editorial

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