Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass for the treatment of isolated disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-310

  Boodhwani, Munir ^a,b   Ruel, Marc ^a   Mesana, Thierry G ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944587336     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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