The acute and chronic effects of bullectomy on cardiovascular function at rest and during exercise

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Marchetti, Nathaniel ^a   Criner, Katharine T ^a   Keresztury, Michael F ^a   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Criner, Gerard J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BULLECTOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

EID: 37549007136     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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