Extending the boundaries of no-touch aorta technique usage for coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with diseased ascending aorta

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Gulcan O ^a   Turkoz R ^a   Demirturk, O S ^a   Oguzkurt L ^a   Turkoz A ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta, thoracic; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NO TOUCH AORTA TECHNIQUE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SMOKING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749156660     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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