Minimally invasive harvest of the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Tevaearai, Hendrik T ^a   Mueller, Xavier M ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0030850051     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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