Internal mammary artery harvesting using the harmonic scalpel

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-102

  Orejola, Wilmo C ^a   Villacin, Aquiles B ^a   Defilippi, Vincent J ^a   Mekhjian, Haroutune A ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS;

HARMONIC SCALPEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCALPEL; ULTRASOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033980114     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200001000-00023     Document Type: Article

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