Semiskeletonization of internal thoracic artery: Alternative harvest technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 867-868

  Horii, Taiko ^a   Suma, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MAMMARY ARTERIES;

EID: 0030890635     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01123-X     Document Type: Article

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