Impact of Sternotomy and Pericardial Opening in Patients With Ventricular Septal Defects: Assess Before Sawing!

Anesth Analg

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo, Italy, Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo, Italy Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo, Italy Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo, Italy Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo, Italy.

Published: September 2017

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