Endoscopic saphenectomy for coronary artery bypass surgery: Comparison of two techniques with and without carbon dioxide insufflation

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 757-761

  Chavanon, Olivier ^a   Ducharme, Brigitte ^a   Carrier, Michel ^a   Cartier, Raymond ^a   Hébert, Yves ^a   Page, Pierre ^a   Pellerin, Michel ^a   Pelletier, L Conrad ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteries; Coronary disease; Revascularization; Veins

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANGIOSCOPES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033910237     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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