Secondary transmyocardial laser revascularization in the treatment of end-stage coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-97

  Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Tambeur, Luc ^a   Lieback, Elke ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART DENERVATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032419089     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01240.x     Document Type: Article

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