Harmonic scalpel for pericardiectomy: Novel approach to an old cardiac dilemma

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 418-420

  Di Luozzo, Gabriel ^a   Moussa, Fuad ^a   Schor, John ^a   Traad, Ernest ^a   Williams, Donald ^a   Carrillo, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 10944234681     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20041091     Document Type: Review

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