Catheter-assisted totally thoracoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting: A feasibility study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1036-1040

  Soulez, Gilles ^a   Gagner, Michel ^a   Therasse, Eric ^a   Basile, Fadi ^a   Prieto, Ignacio ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a   Laflamme, Claude ^a   Lamarre, Louis ^a   Shennib, Hani ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ENDOSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0030701616     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00719-4     Document Type: Article

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