A novel custom-made long shunt simplifies the performance and improves the results of beating-heart sugery

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 498-500

  Ross, Donald E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346656711     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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