Effectiveness of posterior pericardiotomy after valve replacement

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-639

  Erdil, Nevzat ^a   Nisanoglu, Vedat ^a   Battaloglu, Bektas ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 33750464871     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00316.x     Document Type: Letter

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