Coronary bypass surgery with internal-thoracic-artery grafts - Effects on survival over a 15-year period

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 216-219

  Cameron, Airlie ^a   Davis, Kathryn B ^b   Green, George ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC ARTERIES;

EID: 0030052790     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199601253340402     Document Type: Article

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