Mechanisms of pulmonary dysfunction after on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pulmonary dysfunction following cardiac surgery is believed to be caused, at least in part, by a lung vascular injury and/or atelectasis following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) perfusion and collapse of non-ventilated lungs.</p>...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/2/1/11 |