Repair of atrial septal defect through a right posterolateral thoracotomy: A cosmetic approach for female patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2103-2105

  Yoshimura, Naoki ^a   Yamaguchi, Masahiro ^a   Oshima, Yoshihiro ^a   Oka, Shigeteru ^a   Ootaki, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINUS VENOSUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; THORACOTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035661945     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03086-7     Document Type: Article

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