Mid-Term Patency After Magnetic Coupling for Distal Bypass Anastomosis in Coronary Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1452-1456

  Vicol, Calin ^a   Eifert, Sandra ^a   Oberhoffer, Martin ^a   Boekstegers, Peter ^b   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC VASCULAR POSITIONER; MAGNETISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33748744714     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.090     Document Type: Article

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