Sternal microcirculation after skeletonized versus pedicled harvesting of the internal thoracic artery: A randomized study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Kamiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Akhyari, Payam ^a   Martens, Andreas ^b   Karck, Matthias ^a   Haverich, Axel ^b   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY; STERNUM;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 37549017265     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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