Use of bilateral internal thoracic artery during coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: The bilateral internal thoracic artery survey

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 874-879

  Mastrobuoni, Stefano ^a   Gawad, Nada ^a   Price, Joel ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a   Ruel, Marc ^a   Mesana, Thierry G ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84866370219     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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