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Effect of cannulation site on emboli travel during cardiac surgery

BACKGROUND: During cardiac surgery, micro-air emboli regularly enter the blood stream and can cause cognitive impairment or stroke. It is not clearly understood whether the most threatening air emboli are generated by the heart-lung machine (HLM) or by the blood-air contact when opening the heart. W...

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Autores principales: Puthettu, Mira, Vandenberghe, Stijn, Demertzis, Stefanos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8220729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34162399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01564-1