Minimally invasive right posterior minithoracotomy for open-heart procedures

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-471

  Mohamed, Khaled Samir ^a,b  

^a SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORBIDITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT POSTERIOR MINOTHORACOTOMY; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 38349189187     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500604     Document Type: Article

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