Quality assessment in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Diegeler, Anno ^a   Matin, Merahdjoddin ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Binner, Christian ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary probe; MIDCAB; Quality assessment in CABG; Transit time flow measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY;

EID: 0032730150     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00273-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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