Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafts: NICE guidance

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-329

  Barnard, James B ^a   Keenan, D J M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEATH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HARVESTING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAPHENOUS VEIN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 79551489358     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.209668     Document Type: Article

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