Pericardiectomy by a Left Limited Anterolateral Thoracotomy for Constrictive Pericarditis after Cardiac Surgery -2 case reports- |
Kim, Tae-Yun
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
Choi, Jong-Bum (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) Lee, Mi-Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) Kim, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) Kim, Min-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) |
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