Absent pericardium during coronary bypass

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 318-319

  Samuels, Louis E ^a   Sharma, Sameer ^a   Kaufman, Maria S ^a   Morris, Rohinton J ^a   Brockman, Stanley K ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030975690     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430270104022     Document Type: Article

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