Off-pump or minimized on-pump coronary surgery - initial experience with Circulating Endothelial Cells (CEC) as a supersensitive marker of tissue damage

Off-pump or minimized on-pump coronary surgery - initial experience with Circulating Endothelial Cells (CEC) as a supersensitive marker of tissue damage

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Off-pump-coronary-artery-bypass-grafting (OPCAB) and minimized-extracorporeal-circulation (Mini-HLM) have been proposed to avoid harmful effects of cardiopulmonary-bypass (CPB). Controversies exist whether OPCAB is still superior in...

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Main Authors: Wittwer Thorsten, Choi Yeong-Hoon, Neef Klaus, Schink Mareike, Sabashnikov Anton, Wahlers Thorsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Minimal Invassive Cardiac Surgery
Minimised Extracorporeal circulation
OPCAB
Circulating endothelial cells
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/142

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http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/142

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