The LAST operation is safe and effective: MIDCABG clinical and angiographic evaluation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Repossini, Alberto ^a   Moriggia, Stefano ^a   Cianci, Vincenzo ^a   Parodi, Oberdan ^a   Sganzerla, Paolo ^a   Baldrighi, Giorgio ^a   Bortone, Franco ^a   Arena, Vincenzo ^a  

^a Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033916346     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01413-2     Document Type: Article

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