A policy to reduce stroke in patients with extensive atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta undergoing coronary surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-32

  Bergman, Per ^a   Hadjinikolaou, Leonidas ^b   Dellgren, Göran ^a   Van Der Linden, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b University Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Beating heart; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Epiaortic; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 1842686205     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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