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Three or more median sternotomies for patients with valve disease: role of computed tomography  Kiyofumi Morishita, MD, PhD, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, MD,

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1 Three or more median sternotomies for patients with valve disease: role of computed tomography 
Kiyofumi Morishita, MD, PhD, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, MD, PhD, Jhoji Fukada, MD, PhD, Akira Yamada, MD, PhD, Tsukamoto Masaru, MD, PhD, Kenji Kuwaki, MD, PhD, Tomio Abe, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 75, Issue 5, Pages (May 2003) DOI: /S (02)04821-X Copyright © 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Sternotomy technique. With the partially divided sternum elevated using towel clips, the remaining posterior lamina is divided. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02)04821-X) Copyright © 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Thoracic computed tomography revealed that the ascending aorta was adherent to the sternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02)04821-X) Copyright © 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Thoracic computed tomography visualized a layer of fatty tissue between the heart and the sternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02)04821-X) Copyright © 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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