The importance of intrapericardial drain selection in cardiac surgery

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1559-1562

  Ege, Turan ^a   Tatli, Ersan ^a   Canbaz, Suat ^a   Cikirikcioglu, Mustafa ^a   Sunar, Hasan ^a   Ozalp, Bilhan ^a   Duran, Enver ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Blake drain; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAPERICARDIAL DRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 8744296037     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1559     Document Type: Article

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