The harmonic scalpel: Optimizing the quality of mammary artery bypass grafts

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1833-1835

  Lamm, Peter ^a   Juchem, Gerd ^a   Weyrich, Peter ^a   Schütz, Albert ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCALPEL;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0033922386     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01288-1     Document Type: Article

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