Interrupted distal anastomosis: The interrupted "porcupine" technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 722-724

  Hamman, Baron L ^a,b   White, Cory H ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Barnett Tower 1202 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 3242757665     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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