The Effect of Cardiac Surgery on Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Populations

Background: Cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with some adverse postoperative complications caused by an altered immune response. An alternative approach to cardiac surgery, operating without the use of CPB (i.e. off-pump surgery), seems to display less adverse impacts...

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Main Authors: Karolína Jankovičová, Manuela Trojáčková Kudlová, Martina Koláčková, Pavel Kuneš, Jiří Manďák, Vladimír Lonský, Dana Vlášková, Ctirad Andrýs, Jan Krejsek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2008-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/51/1/0025/