Editorial: Endoscopic robotic coronary surgery - Is this reality or fantasy?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-3

  Chitwood, W R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FORECASTING; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TELEMEDICINE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033158248     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70132-7     Document Type: Article

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