First clinical results with a 30° end-to-side coronary anastomosis coupler

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 876-881

  Boening, Andreas ^a   Schoeneich, Felix ^a   Lichtenberg, Arthur ^b   Bagaev, Eric ^b   Cremer, Jochen T ^a   Klima, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Facilitated anastomosis; Mechanical connector; Revascularization; Sutureless anastomotic device

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CLAMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY COUPLER; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 17844365024     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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