Avoiding sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass in type IV renal carcinoma: is it really worth it?

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Feb;91(2):640-1; author reply 641-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.049.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / statistics & numerical data*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Sternotomy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Thrombosis / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Unnecessary Procedures
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery