Upper T mini-sternotomy for aortic valve operations

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 291-294

  Izzat, Mohammad Bashar ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a   El Zufari, M Hazem ^a   Khaw, Kim S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Heart surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031817308     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.1.291     Document Type: Article

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