A new exposure technique for the circumflex coronary artery system in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-281

  Bonatti, Johannes ^a   Schachner, Thomas ^a   Bonaros, Nikolaos ^a   Laufer, Günther ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Endoscopic surgery; Left main coronary artery stenosis; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33744477904     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.123125     Document Type: Article

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