First clinical results with a new mechanical connector for distal coronary artery anastomoses in CABG

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 13 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Eckstein, Friedrich S ^a   Bonilla, Luis F ^a   Englberger, Lars ^a   Eberli, Franz ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Berg, Todd A ^a   Romanens, Michel ^a   Immer, Franz F ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bypass grafting; Cardiovascular diseases; Mechanical anastomoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VEIN GRAFT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037167654     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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