Technical aspects in skeletonization of the internal thoracic artery using an ultrasonic scalpel;Aspectos técnicos na esqueletização da artéria torácica interna com bisturi ultra-sônico

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-211

  De Menezes, Alexandre Motta ^a,b,d   De Vasconcelos, Frederico Pires ^a,b   Lima, Ricardo De Carvalho ^a   Costa, Mário Gesteira ^a,b   De Escobar, Mozart Augusto Soares ^a,c  

^a SBCCV ^*

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Jayme da Fonte Cecordis   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Mammary arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 41649113308     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382007000200009     Document Type: Article

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