Prospective Angiographic Comparison of Direct, Endoscopic, and Telesurgical Approaches to Harvesting the Internal Thoracic Artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 624-628

  Kiaii, Bob ^a   McClure, R Scott ^a   Stitt, Larry ^a   Rayman, Reiza ^a   Dobkowski, Wojciech B ^a   Jablonsky, George ^a   Novick, Richard J ^a   Boyd, W Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33746035709     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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