Thoracoscopic internal mammary artery harvesting: Technical considerations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Nataf, Patrick ^a   Lima, Leonardo ^a   Regan, Mary ^a   Benarim, Said ^a   Ramadan, Ramzi ^a   Pavie, Alain ^a   Gandjbakhch, Iradj ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0030849735     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00420-7     Document Type: Article

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