Left ventricular free wall rupture: Off-pump sutureless patch and glue technique

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 755-757

  Mariani, Massimo A ^a   D' Alessandro, A ^a   Nardi, Carmela ^a   Grandjean, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Heart rupture

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ENBUCRILATE; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0036949122     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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