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Review article| Volume 7, ISSUE 4, P466-480, August 1993

Adenosine and myocardial protection

  • John A. Gatell
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    From the Department of Anesthesiology, Syosset Community Hospital, Syosset, NY, USA

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, USA

    The Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

    The Department of Anesthesiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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  • Hendrick B. Barrier
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    From the Department of Anesthesiology, Syosset Community Hospital, Syosset, NY, USA

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, USA

    The Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

    The Department of Anesthesiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, USA

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