Radical pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive pericarditis

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 286-290

  Omoto, Tadashi ^a   Minami, Kazutomo ^a   Varvaras, Dimitrios ^a   Böthig, Dietmer ^a   Körfer, Reiner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERICARDIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035718671     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230100900409     Document Type: Article

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