Sternal wound infection after heart transplantation: Incidence and results with aggressive surgical treatment

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 719-723

  Carrier, Michel ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a   Pellerin, Michel ^a   Marchand, Richard ^a   Auger, Pierre ^a   Pelletier, Guy B ^a   White, Michel ^a   Racine, Normand ^a   Bouchard, Denis ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034854991     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02824-7     Document Type: Article

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