title: Transthoracic cardiac ventriculostomy beyond y2K: barbarism or modern medicine?
authors.affiliation: J. Gerard Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Eisenhauer
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011677:Punctures; D012086:Reoperation