Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a heterologous (bovine) prosthesis: Preliminary results

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 490-491

  Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^a   Galetta, Domenico ^a   Veronesi, Giulia ^a   Leo, Francesco ^a   Gasparri, Roberto ^a   Petrella, Francesco ^a   Borri, Alessandro ^a   Pelosi, Giuseppe ^a   Venturino, Marco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIOLOGY; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOTOMY; VEIN PROSTHESIS;

BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 31044435730     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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