Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery for critical left main stem disease: Safety, efficacy and outcome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-244

  Yeatman, Mark ^a   Caputo, Massimo ^a   Ascione, Raimondo ^a   Ciulli, Franco ^a   Angelini, Gianni D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Left main stem disease; Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN STEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART-LUNG MACHINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035092365     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00572-3     Document Type: Article

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