Myocardial laser revascularization: The controversy and the data

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 655-662

  Bridges, Charles R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034088983     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01290-4     Document Type: Article

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