Optical and physical heart stabilization for cardiac surgery

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) machines impose a great deal of harm to the patient during cardiac surgeries demanding their use. The damage they cause ranges from inflammation of the immune response and other chemical imbalances to mechanical problems such as the destruction of platelets and red blo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilhuly, Terence
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9100