The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 300-306 , February 2005

Increased creatine kinase MB level predicts postoperative mortality after cardiac surgery independent of new Q waves

  • James Ramsay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga
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  • Stanton Shernan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Jane Fitch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla
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  • Paul Finnegan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cheshire, Conn
    • ,
  • Thomas Todaro, MD, JD

      Affiliations

    • Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, Ohio
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  • Thomas Filloon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, Ohio
    • ,
  • Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030

Received 11 February 2004 ,Revised 3 June 2004 ,Accepted 8 June 2004.

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 Supported in part by grants from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, Conn, and Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, Ohio.

PII: S0022-5223(04)00834-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.06.005

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 300-306 , February 2005

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