Saving space for less invasive direct-vision, mitral valve surgery with altered cannulation protocol

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-525

  Panagiotou, M ^a,c   Voutetakis, K ^a   Zarbis, N ^a   Palatianos, G ^b  

^a ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Mitral valve; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CICATRIX; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 35848931462     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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