The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1007-1013 , May 2008

Topical negative pressure therapy of a sternotomy wound increases sternal fluid content but does not affect internal thoracic artery blood flow: Assessment using magnetic resonance imaging

  • Rainer Petzina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Ugander, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Lotta Gustafsson, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Henrik Engblom, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Håkan Arheden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Richard Ingemansson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Malin Malmsjö, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Malin Malmsjö, MD, PhD, Vascular Research, Lund University, BMC A13, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden.

Received 28 May 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 12 September 2007.

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 This study was supported by the Åke Wiberg Foundation, the M. Bergvall Foundation, the Swedish Medical Association, the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, the Swedish Medical Research Council, the Crafoord Foundation, the Swedish Heart–Lung Foundation, the Swedish Government Grant for Clinical Research, and the Swedish Hypertension Society.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01857-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.070

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1007-1013 , May 2008

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