Right atrial and septal reconstruction after tumor excision: The single-patch technique

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-562

  Kolettis, Theofilos N ^a   Tsourelis, Loukas P ^a   Stavridis, George T ^a   Alivizatos, Peter A ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac tumors; Myxoma; Pericardium; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 65949107827     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.201624     Document Type: Article

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