Experiences with a minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of coronary artery multivessel disease in 100 patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-352

  Gulielmos, Vassilios ^a   Knaut, Michael ^a   Cichon, Romuald ^a   Matschke, Klaus ^a   Kappert, Utz ^a   Brandt, Michael ^a   Hoffmann, Jörg ^a   Schueler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Conventional aortic cross clamping; Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery; Multivessel coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACOTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032191330     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00218-8     Document Type: Article

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