Prospective comparison between total sternotomy and ministernotomy for aortic valve replacement

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-401

  Farhat, Fadi ^a   Lu, Zhiqian ^a   Lefevre, Mathilde ^a   Montagna, Pietro ^a   Mikaeloff, Philippe ^a   Jegaden, Olivier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MALE; MORTALITY; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0141534269     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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