Minimal sternotomy approach for congenital heart operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 469-472

  Nicholson, Ian A ^a   Bichell, David P ^a   Bacha, Emile A ^a   Del Nido, Pedro J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CANNULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035116108     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02328-6     Document Type: Article

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