Right minithoracotomy versus full sternotomy for the aortic valve replacement: Preliminary results

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-173

  Sansone, Fabrizio ^a   Punta, Giuseppe ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^a   Dato, Guglielmo Mario Actis ^a   Zingarelli, Edoardo ^a   Flocco, Roberto ^a   Forsennati, Pier Giuseppe ^a   Bardi, Gian Luca ^a   Del Ponte, Stefano ^a   Casabona, Riccardo ^a  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Full sternotomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Right thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT MINITHORACOTOMY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857502446     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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