Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting: To the editor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1908-1909

  Cheng, Davy ^a   Martin, Janet ^a   Ferdinand, Francis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GRAFT PATENCY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OPERATOR; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND INFECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 70350746431     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Allen KB, Cheng D, Cohn W, et al. Endoscopic vascular harvest in coronary bypass grafting surgery: a consensus statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2005. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 2005;1:51-60.
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