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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;129:1202-1203
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

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Lambros Zellos, MD, David J. Sugarbaker, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115-6195

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The primary goal of extrapleural pneumonectomy in mesothelioma is to perform a complete macroscopic cytoreduction. Routine pericardiectomy is an important step in achieving this goal. The issue of pericardial resection and reconstruction from the morbidity standpoint is a higher atrial fibrillation rate, the risk of cardiac herniation from a poorly constructed patch, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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