Thoracoscopic limited pericardial resection with an ultrasonic scalpel

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 855-856

  Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Wolf, Randall K ^a   Wurnig, Peter ^a   Park, Steven E ^a  

^a CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; TECHNICAL AID; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032033627     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01366-0     Document Type: Article

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