A review of the current status of pericardial closure following cardiac surgery

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1109-1118

  Boyd, W Douglas ^a   Tyberg, John V ^b,c   Cox, James L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomaterials; cardiac surgery; extracellular matrix; pericardial closure; pericardial substitutes; pericardiotomy; pericardium; postoperative atrial fibrillation; resternotomy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; MACROGOL; POLYLACTIC ACID;

HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDIUM; PERICARDIUM CLOSURE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

ANIMALS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84867921117     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.87     Document Type: Review

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