Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient: Three years' experience in 137 patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1401-1404

  Karagoz, Haldun Y ^a   Kurtoglu, Murat ^a   Bakkaloglu, Beyhan ^a   Sonmez, Beril ^a   Cetintas, Taner ^a   Bayazit, Kemal ^a  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REOPERATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037564919     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(02)73268-6     Document Type: Article

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