Partial right internal thoracic artery harvesting is sufficient for obtuse marginal branch bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 361-362

  Zeitani, Jacob ^a   Penta De Peppo, Alfonso ^b   De Paulis, Ruggero ^a   Nardi, Paolo ^a   Scafuri, Antonio ^a   Versaci, Francesco ^a   Chiariello, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANASTOMOSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISSECTION; FASCIA; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; INCISION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORAX;

EID: 11144327680     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.095     Document Type: Article

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