Skeletonized gastroepiploic artery for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-83

  Li, Ruzheng ^a   Amano, Atsushi ^a   Miyagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Dohi, Shizuyuki ^a   Hayashi, Ichirou ^a   Kajimoto, Kan ^a   Shimada, Akie ^a   Hirose, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCALPEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 2342608503     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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