Endoscopic radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: Initial clinical experience

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 310-314

  Shapira, Oz M ^a   Eskenazi, Benjamin ^a   Murphy, Richard ^a   Anter, Elad ^a   Bao, Yusheng ^a   Lazar, Harold L ^a   Shemin, Richard J ^a   Hunter, Curtis T ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RETRACTOR; SCALPEL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THENAR; WRIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIAL ARTERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 10944258844     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20041049     Document Type: Article

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