A simple technique of introducing intracoronary shunts for off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 352-354

  Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Takase, Shinya ^a   Misawa, Yukitoki ^a   Takahashi, Koki ^a   Sato, Yoichi ^a   Satokawa, Hirono ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

23; beating heart; coronary artery bypass surgery; instruments; ischemic heart disease; off pump

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 3042572353     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01156-1     Document Type: Article

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