Evolving techniques for endoscopic radial artery harvesting

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-427

  Casula, Roberto P ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial myocardial revascularisation; Endoscopic harvesting; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0042736756     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(03)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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