Twenty years of vasoplegic syndrome treatment in heart surgery. Methylene blue revised;Vinte anos de tratamento da síndrome vasoplégica em cirurgia cardíaca. Azul de metileno revisado

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-92

  Evora, Paulo Roberto Barbosa ^a   Junior, Lafaiete Alves ^a   Ferreira, Cesar Augusto ^a   Menardi, Antônio Carlos ^a   Bassetto, Solange ^a   Rodrigues, Alfredo José ^a   Filho, Adilson Scorzoni ^a   De Andrade Vicente, Walter Vilella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Circulatory shock; Methylene blue; Nitric oxide; Vasoplegia; Vasoplegic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOPLEGIA;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; METHYLENE BLUE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOPLEGIA;

EID: 84926357018     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20140115     Document Type: Review

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