Complement Activation during Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Operations
AUTOR(ES)
Loubser, Paul G.
RESUMO
To study complement activation, we evaluated nine patients who underwent cardiac operations requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and nine other patients who underwent thoracic vascular operations without CPB. Concentration of C3, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was used as an indicator of complement activation (C3a is a complement-degradation product).
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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