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Abstrtlct-Bindin, of e H)-ouabain aod ouabain-induced inhibition of thc sodium pump and nf Ihe (Na" + K·}-ATPase have becn cbaracterized in cullurcd cardiac muscle aod Don musele cclls, as weil as in cardiac cell mcmbran~ll obtained from dUck embryos.

In a representative unselected group of cardiac surgery patients, operative mortality was 4.57%. Several procedural and clinical parameters were significantly correlated with mortality, but the risk increment by each of these factors was small. Unstructured clinical judgement reliably predicted the operative risk.