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See Latest ArticlesOne Thousand Repeat Sternotomies for Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors for Reentry Injury
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 07/09/09
Kirshbom PM et al. - Risk of reentry injury during repeat sternotomy for congenital heart disease is low. Increasing sternotomy number and the presence of a right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit are risk factors for reentry injury. However, reentry injury is not associated with increased risk of operative mortality.
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