Elective minimally invasive coronary artery bypass: Shunt or tournique occlusion? Assessment of a protective role of perioperative left anterior descending shunting on myocardial damage. A prospective randomized study

Elective minimally invasive coronary artery bypass: Shunt or tournique occlusion? Assessment of a protective role of perioperative left anterior descending shunting on myocardial damage. A prospective randomized study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To determine impact of intraluminal-left anterior descending shunt to prevent myocardial damage in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>38 patients were randomly assigned to externa...

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Main Authors: Sorm Zdenek, Vojacek Jan, Cermakova Eva, Pudil Radek, Stock Ulrich A, Harrer Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
MIDCAB
Intraluminal shunt
External tournique occlusion
Myocardial damage
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/69

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