Left ventricular aneurysm resection with port-access surgery: A new mini-invasive surgical approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 786-789

  Alloni, Alessia ^a   Rinaldi, Mauro ^a,b   Gazzoli, Fabrizio ^a   D'Armini, Andrea M ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN INCISION; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0037337938     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04560-5     Document Type: Article

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