High body mass index is a risk factor for difficult deep sedation in percutaneous mitral valve repair

Katharina Hellhammer; Shazia Afzal; Renate Tigges; Maximilian Spieker; Tienush Rassaf; Tobias Zeus; Ralf Westenfeld; Malte Kelm; Patrick Horn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190590

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High body mass index is a risk factor for difficult deep sedation in percutaneous mitral valve repair

Katharina Hellhammer,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1287-4605

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Shazia Afzal,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Renate Tigges,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Maximilian Spieker,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Tienush Rassaf,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Essen, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Essen, Germany
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Tobias Zeus,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ralf Westenfeld,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Malte Kelm,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Patrick Horn

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: patrick.horn@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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High body mass index is a risk factor for difficult deep sedation in percutaneous mitral valve repair

Katharina Hellhammer,
Shazia Afzal,
Renate Tigges,
Maximilian Spieker,
Tienush Rassaf,
Tobias Zeus,
Ralf Westenfeld,
Malte Kelm,
Patrick Horn

Published: January 5, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190590

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