Early clinical results with a magnetic connector for distal coronary artery anastomoses

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1738-1742

  Vicol, Calin ^a   Eifert, Sandra ^a   Oberhoffer, Martin ^a   Boekstegers, Peter ^a   Knez, Andreas ^a   Christ, Frank ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETISM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 18144385087     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.096     Document Type: Article

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