Off-pump or on-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-578

  Head, Stuart J ^a   Kappetein, A Pieter ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; ON PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 84864644002     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1205991     Document Type: Letter

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