Cardiopulmonary bypass via common carotid artery cannulation in redo sternotomy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>There are certain situations in redo cardiac surgery in adults where it may not be possible to use alternate arterial cannulation sites like the common femoral artery and axillary artery. We report a case where we established safe cardiopulmonary bypass with comm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/2/1/31 |