U-clip anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting: Initial clinical experience

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 362-365

  Shemin, Richard J ^a   Shapira, Oz M ^a   Pawar, Rahul V ^a   Bao, Yusheng ^a   Sayeed Shah, Umer ^a   Lazar, Harold L ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142155055     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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