Title of article
Decreased incidence of postoperative pericardial effusions after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease
Author/Authors
Prabhu، نويسنده , , Anuradha S. and Ross، نويسنده , , Robert D. and Heinert، نويسنده , , Maya R. and Walters III، نويسنده , , Henry L. and Hakimi، نويسنده , , Mehdi، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
Pages
3
From page
774
To page
776
Abstract
This study documents a decrease in the incidence of postoperative pericardial effusions following open heart surgery in children from 53% to 85% in published reports to 13.6% in this study. The incidence of postpericardiotomy syndrome has also decreased from a reported 25% to 30% to 2.3% in this study. These findings may reflect improvement in surgical and myocardial protection techniques.
Journal title
American Journal of Cardiology
Serial Year
1996
Journal title
American Journal of Cardiology
Record number
1882524
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