Perioperative prostate specific antigen levels among coronary artery bypass grafting patients: Does extracorporeal circulation and body temperature induce prostate specific antigen levels alterations?

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the perioperative total prostate specific antigen (tPSA) levels among coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients with and without extracorporeal circulation (ECC), to investigate the changes overtime of tPSA in each group separately and to determ...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Patris, Konstantinos Giakoumidakis, Vasileios Patris, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mihalis Argiriou, Christos Charitos, Christos Kalaitzis, Stavros Touloupidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Urology Annals
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Online Access:http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2015;volume=7;issue=1;spage=58;epage=62;aulast=Patris