Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: The implications of the evidence

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 779-781

  Ascione, Raimondo ^a   Angelini, Gianni D ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037395412     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.11     Document Type: Editorial

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