Endoscopic radial artery harvesting may be the procedure of choice for coronary artery bypass grafting

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1511-1515

  Kim, Gunjik ^a   Jeong, Youngkyun ^a   Cho, Yongkeun ^a   Lee, Jongtae ^a   Cho, Joonyong ^a,b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Endoscopic harvesting; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948836350     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1511     Document Type: Article

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