How serious is a proximal occlusion of a posterolateral sequential bypass?

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Christenson, Jan T ^a   Schmuziger, Martin ^a  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass methods; coronary artery bypass mortality; graft occlusion; methods; myocardial revascularization; saphenous vein; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029790045     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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