Anaortic, total-arterial, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: Why bother?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 161-170

  Edelman, J J B ^a,b   Sherrah, A G ^a,b   Wilson, M K ^a,b   Bannon, P G ^a,b   Brereton, R J ^c   Ross, D E ^c   Vallely, M P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting; Stroke; Total arterial revascularisation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAORTIC TOTAL ARTERIAL OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAMMARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE STROKE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL AORTIC ANASTOMOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AORTA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; RADIAL ARTERY; STROKE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84875363863     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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