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• Off-pump coronary bypass: Is it for everyone?

  Bonchek LI. Bonchek LI. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Sep;124(3):431-4. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124240. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002. PMID: 12202857 No abstract available.
• Operative techniques in awake coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Aybek T, Kessler P, Khan MF, Dogan S, Neidhart G, Moritz A, Wimmer-Greinecker G. Aybek T, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jun;125(6):1394-400. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(02)73607-6. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003. PMID: 12830059
• Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient: three years' experience in 137 patients.

  Karagoz HY, Kurtoglu M, Bakkaloglu B, Sonmez B, Cetintas T, Bayazit K. Karagoz HY, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jun;125(6):1401-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(02)73268-6. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003. PMID: 12830060
• Aortic valve replacement in the conscious patient under regional anesthesia without endotracheal intubation.

  Schachner T, Bonatti J, Balogh D, Margreiter J, Mair P, Laufer G, Putz G. Schachner T, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jun;125(6):1526-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(02)73416-8. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003. PMID: 12830075 No abstract available.