A new method of grafting the circumflex through lateral MIDCAB with the use of the radial loop technique

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-98

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Casula, Roberto ^a   Glenville, Brian ^a   Stanbridge, Rex DeL ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial revascularization; Composite grafts; MIDCAB; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0344430321     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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