Early bypass occlusion after deployment of Nitinol connector devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1421-1426

  Reuthebuch, Oliver ^a   Kadner, Alexander ^a   Lachat, Mario ^a   Künzli, Andreas ^a   Schurr, Ulrich P ^a   Turina, Marko I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; INDOCYANINE GREEN; NITINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342446155     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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