Prospective analysis of pneumonectomy: Risk factors for major morbidity and cardiac dysrhythmias

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 977-982

  Harpole Jr , David H ^a   Liptay, Michael J ^a   DeCamp Jr , Malcolm M ^a   Mentzer, Steven J ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029867873     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01174-9     Document Type: Article

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