A carbon dioxide insufflation technique for preparation of the internal thoracic artery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 963-964

  Özkan, Mehmet ^a,c   Aslan, Alp ^a   Oguz, Mehmet ^a   Yildirim, Celil ^a   Oktar, Levent ^b   Ergül, Göksel ^b   Özyurda, Ümit ^a  

^a Ozel Yasam Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0037392241     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.42     Document Type: Article

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