Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass: A word of caution implicated by a five-year follow-up

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 857-862

  Kappert, Utz ^a   Tugtekin, Sems Malte ^a   Cichon, Romuald ^a   Braun, Martin ^a   Matschke, Klaus ^a  

^a University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ROBOTICS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 40949148986     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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