Pleural subxyphoid drain confers better pulmonary function and clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized controlled trial

Solange Guizilini^I; Marcela Viceconte^II; Gabriel Tavares da M. Esperança^II; Douglas W. Bolzan^III; Milena Vidotto^I; Rita Simone L Moreira^III; Andréia Azevedo Câncio^IV; Walter J Gomes^III

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20140047

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^IPhD. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, São Paulo Hospital, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Department of Human Motion Sciences, Physical Therapy School - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^IIPT. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, São Paulo Hospital, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^IIIPhD. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, São Paulo Hospital, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^IVMsC. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, São Paulo Hospital, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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