Is hybrid coronary revascularization favored by cardiologists or cardiac surgeons?

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-395

  D'Ancona, Giuseppe ^a,b   Vassiliades, Thomas A ^c   Boyd, W Douglas ^d   Donias, Harry W ^a   Stahl, Kenneth D ^d   Karamanoukian, Hratch ^a  

^a BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Pensacola Heart Institute   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTERVIEW; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 0036962136     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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