A Prospective Study on Clinical Outcome Following Pleurotomy during Cardiac Surgery

E. Lim; C. Callaghan; R. Motalleb-Zadeh; M. Wallard; N. Misra; A. Ali; J. C. Halstead; S. Tsui

doi:10.1055/s-2002-34574

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 50(5): 287-291
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34574

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A Prospective Study on Clinical Outcome Following Pleurotomy during Cardiac Surgery

E. Lim¹ , C. Callaghan¹ , R. Motalleb-Zadeh¹ , M. Wallard¹ , N. Misra¹ , A. Ali¹ , J. C. Halstead¹ , S. Tsui¹

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom

Presented to the European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Joint Meeting, Lisbon, 19th September 2001

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