Robotic cardiac surgery: Time told!

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Robicsek, Francis ^a  

^a Carolinas Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULOPLASTY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38649118485     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.072     Document Type: Editorial

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