Histologic and physiologic evaluation of skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting with an ultrasonic scalpel

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1142-1147

  Higami, Tetsuya ^a   Maruo, Ayako ^a   Yamashita, Teruo ^a   Shida, Tsutomu ^a   Ogawa, Kyoichi ^a  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; DENATURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAMMARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0033636183     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.110189     Document Type: Article

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