Multivessel Revascularization on the Beating Heart by Anterolateral Left Thoracotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2142-2146

  Guida, Máximo C ^a   Pecora, Giuseppina ^a   Bacalao, Álvaro ^a   Muñoz, Gustavo ^a   Mendoza, Pablo ^a   Rodríguez, Luís ^a  

^a FundaCardio Foundation   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THORACOTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646843233     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.054     Document Type: Article

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