Multivessel, all-arterial, off-pump surgical revascularization without disruption of the thoracic skeleton

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1441-1445

  Vassiliades Jr , Thomas A ^a,b  

^a Pensacola Heart Institute   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644287498     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.08.055     Document Type: Article

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