Thoracoscopic treatment of primary chylopericardium

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1581-1582

  Sakata, Shuji ^a,b   Yoshida, Ichiro ^a   Otani, Yoshimi ^a   Ishikawa, Susumu ^a   Morishita, Yasuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOPERICARDIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033916497     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01185-1     Document Type: Article

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