A simple preparation for introductory training in the construction of distal coronary anastomoses

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-29

  Ramphal, Pablo S ^a   Coye, A ^a   Blidgen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LATEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DISSECTION; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARREST; HEART SIZE; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONHUMAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 1842688032     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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