Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in women: A 21-year experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Kurlansky, Paul A ^a,b   Dorman, Malcolm J ^a   Galbut, David L ^a   Moreno, Niberto L ^a   Traad, Ernest A ^a   Carrillo, Roger G ^a   Zucker, Melinda ^a   Sanchez, Luis ^a   Ebra, George ^a  

^a Miami Heart Inst   (United States)

^b Nichol Building Level E ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030199969     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00275-5     Document Type: Article

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