ABBREVIATION

ASD Atrial Septal Defect

AVR Aortic Valve Replacement
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
CPB Cardiopulmonary Bypass
DVR Double Valve Replacement
ECG Electrocardiogram
ICU Intensive Care Unit
LVEF Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
MIDCAB Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass
MV Mitral Valve
MVR Mitral Valve Replacement
NOGTH Noth Okkalapa General and Teaching Hospital
NYHA New York Heart Association
PT Prothrombin Time
PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time
RHD Rheumatic Heart Disease
TVR Tricuspid Valve Replacement
VSD Ventricular Septal Defect
YKCH Yankin Children Hospital

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Table 1 Age distribution of patients 34
Table 2 Sex distribution of patients 34
Table 3 Co-morbid characteristic of study population 34
Table 4 Distribution of patients related to heart disease 35
Table 5 Distribution of Cardiac Surgery performed via partial
sternotomy 35
Table 6 Duration of cross clamp time, Bypass time and Operation time 35
Table 7 Distribution of blood transfusion 35
Table 8 Distribution of postoperative variables 36
Table 9 Distribution of early outcomes late outcomes 36
Table 10 Distribution of late outcomes 36

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1. Surface anatomy of the heart 6
Figure2. Median Sternotomy 10
Figure 3. Upper Partial Sternotomy 13
Figure 4. Lower Partial Sternotomy 14

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