Local immobilization of the left anterior descending artery for minimally invasive coronary bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Boonstra, Piet W ^a   Grandjean, Jan G ^a   Mariani, Massimo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0030745430     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00337-8     Document Type: Article

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