Phrenic nerve injury after coronary artery grafting: Is it always benign?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-153

  Cohen, Amram J ^a   Katz, Michael G ^a   Katz, Rama ^b   Mayerfeld, Doni ^a,b   Hauptman, Eli ^a   Schachner, Arie ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030845425     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00288-9     Document Type: Article

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