Surgical experience with left ventricular free wall rupture

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1894-1899

  McMullan, Martin H ^a   Maples, Michael D ^b   Kilgore Jr , Thomas L ^b   Hindman, Stephen H ^b  

^a Mississippi Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034989474     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02625-X     Document Type: Article

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