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Cardiac surgery in patients with previous pneumonectomy

Severe pulmonary dysfunction is a commonly occurring postoperative complication following cardiac surgery. Resection of a lung causes major anatomical and physiological changes. Shift of the mediastinum and reduction in respiratory function following pneumonectomy makes cardiac surgery challenging n...

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Autores principales: Ghotkar, Sanjay V, Aerra, Vikram, Mediratta, Neeraj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18312686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-11