Beating Heart Coronary Artery Surgery

by Marco Ricci, Tomas A. Salerno, Hratch L. Karamanoukian

Originally introduced several decades ago, myocardial revascularization on the beating heart was largely abandoned as new techniques for extracorporeal circulation were developed. While the popularity of coronary surgery on the arrested heart remained undisputed for decades, a belief in the benefits of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass and electromechanical arrest had sustained interest in techniques for surgery on the beating heart. Combined with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879934735
• ISBN13: 9780879934736
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"