Predictors and Early Outcome of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Contemporary Heart valve Surgery

Background: During last decades mechanical ventilation has been an important support in the postoperative management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. This study was designed to determine the predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in patients undergoing heart valve surgery. Metho...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Shirzad, Abbasali Karimi, Seyed Hossein Ahmadi, Mehrab Marzban, Mokhtar Tazik, Hermineh Aramin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/276