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ArticleIndian heart journal

Is magnesium sulfate friend or foe of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery?

Kamales Kumar Saha

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Article in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kamales Kumar SahaMumbai, India. Electronic address: kamalessk@gmail.com.
GlaxoSmithKline (India) · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnesium sulfate is often used empirically in cardiac surgical settings. Magnesium sulfate may cause platelet dysfunction leading to bleeding complication. This editorial commentary discusses the published study of intra-operative use of magnesium sulfate during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting published in this issue of Indian Heart Journal.

Indexed as

Blood Loss, SurgicalBlood PlateletsCalcium Channel BlockersCoronary Artery Bypass, Off-PumpCoronary Artery DiseaseGlobal HealthHumansIncidenceIntraoperative PeriodMagnesium SulfatePlatelet AggregationPostoperative HemorrhageCalcium Channel BlockersMagnesium SulfateMagnesium sulfate and platelet dysfunctionMagnesium sulfate during off-pump CABGOff-pump CABG

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PMID27316474
PMCPMC4911446
OpenAlexW2275915478

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