Age-Dependent and Hypoxia-Related Differences in Myocardial Protection During Pediatric Open Heart Surgery
- 20 March 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 103 (11) , 1551-1556
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.11.1551
Abstract
Background—Current cardioplegic protection techniques used in pediatric cardiac surgery do not take into consideration age and cyanotic differences. The aim of the present work was to address this ...Keywords
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