The potential advantage of "no-touch" aortic technique in off-pump complete arterial revascularization

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-15

  Bolotin, Gil ^a   Shapira, Yuval ^a   Gotler, Yakov ^a   Frolkis, Inna V ^a   Ben Gal, Yanai ^a   Nesher, Nahum ^a   Uretzky, Gideon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CABG; Complete arterial revascularization; OPCAB; Untouched aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751220200     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.107     Document Type: Article

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