Surgery for left ventricular free wall rupture: Patch glue repair without extracorporeal circulation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-641

  Canovas, Sergio J ^a   Lim, Eric ^b   Hornero, Fernando ^a   Montero, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Left ventricular free wall rupture; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; POLITEF; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUTURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0037384756     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00026-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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