Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1907-1910

  Aranki, Sary F ^a   Shopnick, Barry ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; VEIN GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COST; GRAFT PATENCY; HEPARINIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WOUND INFECTION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

HEPARIN;

EID: 70350772283     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc091645     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Lopes RD, Hafley GE, Allen KB, et al. Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med 2009;361:235-244
2. Magee MJ, Alexander JH, Hafley G, et al. Coronary artery bypass graft failure after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass: findings from PREVENT IV. Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:494-500.