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Richard Skala

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Assistant Clinical ProfessorAnesthesiaMcMaster University

3 publications.

01

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with giant cell arteritis

Brister SJ, Wilson-Yang K, Lobo FV, Yang H, Skala R

Annals of Thoracic Surgery200211 citationsSenior author
02

Reversal of paraparesis after thoracic aneurysm repair by cerebrospinal fluid drainage

Khong B, Yang H, Doobay B, Skala R

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia200011 citationsSenior author
03

Ancrod (Arvin®) as an Alternative to Heparin Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Zulys VJ, Teasdale SJ, Michel ER, Skala RA, Keating SE, Viger JR, Glynn MFX

Anesthesiology198965 citations
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