Outcomes of single-stage total arch replacement via clamshell incision

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Iwasaki, Hiroto ^a   Satoh, Hisashi ^a   Ishizaka, Toru ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arch first technique; Clamshell approach; Total arch replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULATORY ARREST, DEEP HYPOTHERMIA INDUCED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053175348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-114     Document Type: Article

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