Evaluation of the PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System in coronary artery bypass surgery (the EPIC trial)

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Puskas, John D ^a   Halkos, Michael E ^a   Balkhy, Husam ^b   Caskey, Michael ^c   Connolly, Mark ^d   Crouch, John ^e   Diegeler, Anno ^f   Gummert, Jan ^g   Harringer, Wolfgang ^h   Subramanian, Valavanur ⁱ   Sutter, Francis ^j   Matschke, Klaus ^k  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^c Virginia G Piper Cancer Center   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Rhönklinik Bad Neustadt ^*  (Germany)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^h KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

ⁱ LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Mainline Heart Health Center   (United States)

^k University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 67649414994     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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