Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 331-339 , June 2006

Importance of Relative Pulmonary Hypertension in Cardiac Surgery: The Mean Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Pressure Ratio

  • Arnaud Robitaille, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • André Y. Denault, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to André Y. Denault, MD, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.
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  • Pierre Couture, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Sylvain Bélisle, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Annik Fortier, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Marie-Claude Guertin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Michel Carrier, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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  • Raymond Martineau, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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 Supported by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec CAS Abbott Career Award, and the Fondation de l’Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal.

PII: S1053-0770(05)00466-0

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.11.018

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 331-339 , June 2006

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