American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1684-1688 , 15 December 2009

Effectiveness and Safety of Total Endoscopic Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Graft to the Left Anterior Descending Artery

  • Johannes Bonatti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 410-328-9169; fax: 410-328-2750
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  • Thomas Schachner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Nikolaos Bonaros, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Armin Oehlinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Dominik Wiedemann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Elisabeth Ruetzler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Felix Weidinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Christian Kolbitsch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Gudrun Feuchtner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • David Zimrin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Guy Friedrich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Otmar Pachinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Guenther Laufer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Received 2 June 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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PII: S0002-9149(09)01484-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.051

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1684-1688 , 15 December 2009

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