"Pulmonary slit" procedure for preventing tension on the left internal thoracic artery graft

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-133

  Rathore, Kaushalendra Singh ^a   Edwards, James ^a   Stuklis, Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung surgery; Mammary arteries transplantation; Myocardial revascularization methods; Thoracic arteries transplantation

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG SLICE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STAPLER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TIDAL VOLUME;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65949114053     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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