Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 460-465

  Bonacchi, Massimo ^a,b   Prifti, Edvin ^a,b   Giunti, Gabriele ^a,b   Frati, Giacomo ^a,b   Sani, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINISTERNOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKIN INCISION; SPIROMETRY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036164287     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03402-6     Document Type: Article

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