An institution's initial experience with Port-Access minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 617-619

  Chaney, Mark A ^a,b   Nikolov, Mihail P ^a   Tuchek, Michael ^a   Bakhos, Mamdouh ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; Port Access cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032439431     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(98)90230-0     Document Type: Article

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