OPCAB: Reducing the Perioperative Risk Avoiding Extracorporeal Circulation in CABG Surgery

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Thalmann, M ^a   Trampitsch, E ^a   Sorre, Ch ^a   Wandschneider, W ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB); Extracorporeal circulation (ECC); Minimally invasive; Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0347423179     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-003-0040-9     Document Type: Article

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