Phrenic nerve injury after coronary artery bypass grafting: Will it go away?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-35

  Katz, Michael G ^a,b   Katz, Rama ^a,b   Schachner, Arie ^a,b   Cohen, Amram J ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031906101     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00915-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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