Safety and efficacy of minimally invasive atrial septal defect closure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1532-1534

  Ryan, William H ^a,b   Cheirif, Jorge ^a   Dewey, Todd M ^a   Prince, Syma L ^a   Mack, Michael J ^a  

^a Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

^b Professional Building 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0037407162     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04720-3     Document Type: Article

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