Catastrophic hemorrhage on sternal reentry: Still a dreaded complication?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2215-2219

  Follis, Fabrizio M ^a   Pett Jr , Stuart B ^a   Miller, Kevin B ^a   Wong, Rose S ^a   Ternes, R Thomas ^a   Wernly, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0033398026     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01173-X     Document Type: Article

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