Novel use of a magnetic coupling device to repair damage of the internal thoracic artery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-91

  Charitou, Alexandros ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet Singh ^a   Del Stanbridge, Rex ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33645228144     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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