Is internal thoracic artery grafting suitable for a moderately stenotic coronary artery?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Kawasuji, M ^a   Sakakibara, N ^a   Takemura, H ^a   Tedoriya, T ^a   Ushijima, T ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029761188     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70246-5     Document Type: Article

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