Bilateral thoracotomy for coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with unfavorable median sternotomy

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Sato, T ^a   Isomura, T ^a   Hisatomi, K ^b   Hayashida, N ^c  

^a SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Gastroepiploic artery; Thoracic artery internal; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LARYNGECTOMY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOTOMY; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; THORACIC ARTERIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031749255     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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