Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting through sternotomy: For whom?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 573-577

  Noora, Joseph ^a,b   Puskas, John D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary bypass; Off pump; Patient selection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750357759     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000245735.55335.d9     Document Type: Review

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