Risks of repeat sternotomy in pediatric cardiac operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1575-1578

  Russell, Jennifer L ^a   LeBlanc, Jacques G ^a   Sett, Suvro S ^a   Potts, James E ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032431056     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00829-7     Document Type: Article

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