Pericardectomy for chronic constrictive pericarditis: Risks andoutcome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 487-492

  Tirilomis, T ^a   Unverdorben, S ^a   Von der Emde, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic constrictive pericarditis; Median sternotomy; Pericardectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028710644     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1010-7940(94)90020-5     Document Type: Article

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