Minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery improves patient satisfaction while reducing costs of cardiac valve replacement and repair

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-428

  Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Adams, David H ^a   Couper, Gregory S ^a   Bichell, David P ^a   Rosborough, Donna M ^a   Sears, Samuel P ^a   Aranki, Sary F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031461046     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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