Off-pump coronary bypass surgery, graft patency, and the need of an informed consent

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1687-

  Parolari, Alessandro ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a   Fusari, Melissa ^a   Biglioli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34249034428     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.074     Document Type: Letter

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