Clinical and angiographic results after mechanical connection for distal anastomosis in coronary surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1632-1640

  Carrel, Thierry ^a   Englberger, Lars ^a   Keller, Dorothee ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich ^a   Chen, John C ^b   Zehr, Kenton ^b   Damiano, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURELESS ANASTOMOTIC DEVICE;

EID: 2642584943     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.039     Document Type: Article

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