Major bleeding complicating deep sternal infection after cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 554-558

  Yellin, Alon ^a   Refaely, Yael ^b   Paley, Michael ^b   Simansky, David ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037348726     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.31     Document Type: Article

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