Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1134-1140 , June 2008

Renal perfusion with venous blood extends the permissible suprarenal clamp time in abdominal aortic surgery

  • Maximilian Pichlmaier, MA, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Maximilian Pichlmaier, MA (Cantab), Herz-, Thorax-, Transplantations- und Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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  • Ludwig Hoy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biometrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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  • Mathias Wilhelmi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Nawid Khaladj, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Axel Haverich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Omke E. Teebken, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Received 11 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00074-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.020

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1134-1140 , June 2008

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