Thoracoscopic internal mammary artery harvest for MICABG using the harmonic scalpel

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Wolf, Randall K ^a,b   Hiratzka, Loren F ^a   Wurnig, Peter ^a   Flege Jr , John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Cardiovasc/Thoracic Surgeons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030787878     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00292-0     Document Type: Article

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