Effect of coronary artery diameter in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 652-655

  O'Connor, Nancy J ^a   Morton, Jeremy R ^b   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Olmstead, Elaine M ^a   O'Connor, Gerald T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bypass; sex; vessels

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

EID: 0030032975     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.4.652     Document Type: Article

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