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Open chest management after cardiac operations: outcome and timing of delayed sternal closure

Author(s) -

Udo Boeken,

Alexander Assmann,

Arash Mehdiani,

Payam Akhyari,

Artur Lichtenberg

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.047

Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , medicine , outcome (game theory) , cardiology , mathematics , mathematical economics , economics , market economy

Open chest management (OCM) after cardiac surgery is a therapeutic option in the treatment of the severely impaired heart. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the incidence, survival and predictors of poor outcome for OCM with delayed sternal closure (DSC), particularly with regard to parameters to determine the time of closure.

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