Long term angiographic monitoring reveals safety and efficacy of the Converge end-to-side anastomotic coupler

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-508

  Klima, Uwe ^a   Kofidis, Theo ^a   Boening, Andreas ^b   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Coronary disease; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SUTURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 28544447969     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.109199     Document Type: Article

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