Pleural subxyphoid drain confers better pulmonary function and clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized controlled trial

Objective: To evaluate the lung function and clinical outcome in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal thoracic artery graft, comparing the pleural drain insertion in the intercostal versus subxyphoid region. M...

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Main Authors: Solange Guizilini, Marcela Viceconte, Gabriel Tavares da M. Esperança, Douglas W. Bolzan, Milena Vidotto, Rita Simone L Moreira, Andréia Azevedo Câncio, Walter J Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000400018&lng=en&tlng=en