Surgery casualties: do not leave hearts behind enemy lines.
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: clerico@ftgm.it.
Aldo
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Clerico
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy.
Claudio
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Passino
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy.
Michele
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Emdin
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
natriuretic peptides; perioperative myocardial infarction; perioperative risk; surgery