Sutureless coronary anastomoses: Revival of old concepts

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 565-570

  Tozzi, Piergiorgio ^a   Corno, Antonio F ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries bypass grafts; Sutureless anastomosis; Vascular connectors

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VESSEL;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS;

EID: 0036803256     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00378-0     Document Type: Review

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