Modified pericardial closure to protect internal mammary artery grafts in coronary artery bypass

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 182-183

  Li, Jiun Yi ^a   Chen, Y S ^b   Wu, S J ^a   Hu, P Y ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Internal mammary artery; Pericardial closure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; PERICARDIUM; REOPERATION; STERNUM;

EID: 0036317441     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32413     Document Type: Article

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5. Adverse hemodynamic effects and echocardiographic consequences of pericardial closure soon after sternotomy and pericardiotomy