First clinical experience with the HEARTSTRING, a device for proximal anastomoses in coronary surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1732-1737

  Vicol, Calin ^a   Oberhoffer, Martin ^a   Nollert, Georg ^a   Eifert, Sandra ^a   Boekstegers, Peter ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEATH; DEVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18144395035     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.080     Document Type: Article

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