Skeletonization does not influence internal thoracic artery innervation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1257-1261

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,b   Toesca, Amelia ^a   Glieca, Franco ^a   Girola, Fabiana ^a   Luciani, Nicola ^a   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ENZYME ANTIBODY; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; NEUROFILAMENT PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; PROTEIN S 100 ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISOLATED ARTERY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETONIZED INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; SUPERSENSITIVITY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 1842427874     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.062     Document Type: Article

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