Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass: Technical considerations and instrumentation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 290-296

  Mack, Michael J ^a   Acuff, Tea ^a   Osborne, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAMP; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RESTENOSIS; RETRACTOR; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032437863     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01071.x     Document Type: Article

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