Modification of surgical technique for ascending aortic atherosclerosis: Impact on stroke reduction in coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-400

  Hangler, Herbert Bernd ^a   Nagele, Georg ^b   Danzmayr, Michael ^b   Mueller, Ludwig ^b   Ruttmann, Elfriede ^b   Laufer, Guenther ^b   Bonatti, Johannes ^b  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIAORTIC SCANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MORTALITY; PERICARDIUM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041854550     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00395-7     Document Type: Article

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