Bilateral and unilateral use of internal thoracic artery for myocardial revascularization: Comparison of extubation outcome and duration of hospital stay

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1231-1233

  Knapik, Piotr ^a   Spyt, Thomas J ^a   Richardson, James B ^a   McLellan, Ian ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

internal thoracic artery; myocardial revascularization; postoperative ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTUBATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029926215     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1231     Document Type: Article

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