Chest pain after partial upper versus complete sternotomy for aortic valve surgery

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Candaele, Sofie ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Demeyere, Roland ^a   Flameng, Willem ^a   Evers, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic valve surgery; Minimal invasive surgery; Pain; Partial sternotomy; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0345700802     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.1.2005254     Document Type: Article

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