Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 331-335 , July 2008

Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Patients with End-stage Liver Disease

  • Merceds Susan Mandell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Mei-Yung Tsou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Mei-Yung Tsou, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C

Received 27 December 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70134-5

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70134-5

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 331-335 , July 2008

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