Video-assisted pericardial fenestration for effusions after cardiac surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 480-482

  Georghiou, Georgios P ^a,b   Porat, Eyal ^a   Fuks, Avi ^a   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a   Saute, Milton ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b American Heart Institute   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cardiac Tamponade; Pericardial Effusion; Pericardial Window Techniques; Pericardiectomy; Thoracic Surgery; Video Assisted

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75349109590     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309348505     Document Type: Article

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