Microemboli Detection and Classification During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-114

  Clark, Joseph B ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a   Guan, Yulong ^a   Woitas, Karl R ^a   Myers, John L ^a   Undar, Akif ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; cerebral complications; congenital heart surgery; embolism; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990345043     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135110387621     Document Type: Article

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