Bilateral MIDCAB for triple vessel coronary disease

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-525

  Weerasinghe, Arjuna ^a,b   Bahrami, Toufan ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery CABG

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 28544442733     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.109231     Document Type: Article

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