The Cardica C-Port System: Clinical and angiographic evaluation of a new device for automated, compliant distal anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery - A multicenter prospective clinical trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1645-1652

  Matschke, Klaus E ^a,g   Gummert, Jan F ^b   Demertzis, Stefanos ^c   Kappert, Utz ^a   Anssar, Marcel B ^d   Siclari, Francesco ^c   Falk, Volkmar ^b   Alderman, Edwin L ^e   Detter, Christian ^f   Reichenspurner, Hermann ^f   Harringer, Wolfgang ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Cardiocentro Ticino ^*  (Switzerland)

^d KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27944469516     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.033     Document Type: Article

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