The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 307-313 , February 2005

No-touch aorta off-pump coronary surgery: The effect on stroke

  • Oren Lev-Ran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Oren Lev-Ran, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
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  • Rony Braunstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Ram Sharony, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Amir Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Yosef Paz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Rephael Mohr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Gideon Uretzky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 24 March 2004 ,Revised 21 May 2004 ,Accepted 4 June 2004.

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PII: S0022-5223(04)00872-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.06.013

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 307-313 , February 2005

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