Tension-free left ITA graft - The pericardial strip technique

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-178

  Nezic, Dusko ^a,b   Peric, Miodrag ^a   Knezevic, Aleksandar ^a   Cirkovic, Milan ^a   Jovic, Miomir ^a   Bojic, Milovan ^a  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Macedonia)

^b NONE   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

ITA graft; Pericardial strip; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; THORACIC ARTERIES;

EID: 0035093207     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(00)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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