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    Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus

    Pediatric video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) applications have been limited by a lack of equipment and techniques adapted to small infants. However, recently the introduction of a small video-camera has al...

    F. Laborde, T. Folliguet in Endoscopic Surgery in Children (1999)

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    Bovine pericardium for heart valve bioprostheses:in vitro andin vivo characterization of new chemical treatments

    This study is aimed at investigating the bovine pericardium treated with different chemical procedures applied to prevent dystrophic calcification; decellularization of the fresh pericardium (samples B and C);...

    E. Pasquino, S. Pascale, M. Andreon in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (1994)

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    Early Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defects: Technical Issues

    Successfull repair of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) at the acute stage of myocardial infarction still remains a surgical challenge. On the basis of 18 years of experience encompassing more than 100 patient...

    A. H. Piwnica, P. Menasche, F. Laborde, M. Romano in Cardiac Reconstructions (1989)

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    Neonatal Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been successfully used to treat acute respiratory failure (ARF) in over 1000 neonates since Dr. Bartlett’s pioneering efforts and his first survivor in 1975 [1]. ...

    J. C. Mercier, F. Laborde, F. Beaufils in Update 1988 (1988)

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    Surgery of refractory ventricular tachycardia by Nd-YAG photoablation

    Refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias are a frequent etiology of sudden cardiac death and many therapies have been proposed in the last years to reduce this rate: new antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter ablation,...

    P. Mesnildrey, F. Laborde, J. P. Fauchier, A. Piwnica in Ventricular Tachycardias (1987)