Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79 , January 2008

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: new challenges for the surgeon and the anesthesiologist

  • Nicolas Noiseux, MD, FRCPC(S)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Nicolas Noiseux, MD, FRCPC(S), CHUM Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 3840 Avenue Saint-Urbain, Montréal (Québec), Canada H2W 1T8.
    • ,
  • Marc Ruel, MD, FRCPC(S)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Hemmerling, MD, DEAA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.10.011

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79 , January 2008

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