Free internal mammary artery graft in myocardial revascularization

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-216

  Verhelst, R ^a   Etienne, P Y ^a   Khoury, G El ^a   Noirhomme, P ^a   Rubay, J ^a   Dion, R ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

free grafts; free internal mammary artery; internal mammary artery; myocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029923568     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400219     Document Type: Article

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