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Kaleda V.I.

Krasnodarskaia kraevaia klinicheskaia bol'nitsa #1 im. prof. S.V. Ochapovskogo, Tsentr grudnoĭ khirurgii, kardiokhirurgicheskoe otdelenie #2;
Kubanskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet, Krasnodar

Antipov G.N.

Kraevaia klinicheskaia bol'nitsa #1 - Tsentr grudnoĭ khirurgii, kafedra kardiologii i kardiokhirurgii KGMU, Rossiia, Krasnodar

Barbukhatti K.O.

Kraevaia klinicheskaia bol'nitsa #1 im. S.V. Ochapovskogo;
kafedra kardiokhirurgii i kardiologii FPK i PPS, Kubanskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet, Krasnodar, Rossiia

Posterior pericardiotomy as a method of prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation and pericardial effusion after cardiac operations (literature review)

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Kaleda V.I., Antipov G.N., Barbukhatti K.O.

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Kaleda VI, Antipov GN, Barbukhatti KO. Posterior pericardiotomy as a method of prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation and pericardial effusion after cardiac operations (literature review). Russian Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2012;5(6):48‑53. (In Russ.)

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