Endoscopic radial artery harvesting through a single incision

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-209

  Bleiziffer, Sabine ^a   Libera, P ^a   Lange, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; DILTIAZEM;

ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RETRACTOR; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646451947     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872955     Document Type: Article

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