Experience in using three different minimally invasive approaches in cardiac operations

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Wen Lin ^a   Cai, Kai Can ^b   Zeng, Wei Sheng ^a   Jiang, Ren Chao ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac operation; Minimally invasive approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RIB FRACTURE; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEST PAIN; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037353243     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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