Left internal thoracic artery harvesting: Measurement of the length required for coronary bypass surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1160-1161

  Gwozdziewicz, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arterial revascularization; CABG; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PERICARDIUM; STERNUM; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 57349194530     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.189100     Document Type: Article

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