ARCHIVES DES MALADIES DU COEUR ET DES VAISSEAUX, cilt.85, sa.7, ss.1011-1014, 1992 (SCI-Expanded)
A sternal zipper was used in 50 patients with an unstable haemodynamic condition after open heart surgery. The patients were 19 women and 31 men (average age 51.6 years, range 7 to 67 years).