Open chest and delayed sternal closure after cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Christenson, J T ^a,b   Maurice, J ^a,b   Simonet, F ^a,b   Velebit, V ^a,b   Schmuziger, M ^a,b  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique de Grenolier   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Complications; Delayed sternal closure; Intra aortic balloon pump; Open chest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURING METHOD; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0029689567     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80087-X     Document Type: Article

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