Use of a Thin Retrocardiac Drain after open Heart Surgery. Description of the Technique;Uso de Dreno Fino Retrocardíaco em Pós-Operatório de Cirurgia Cardíaca. Descrição de Técnica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-183

  Petrucci Jr , Orlando ^a,b   De Oliveira, Pedro Paulo Martins ^a   Antoniali, Fernando ^a   Baccarin, Valentin ^a   Braile, Domingo Marcolino ^a   Vieira, Reinaldo Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complications; Pericardial effusion; Retrocardiac drain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 2442484991     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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