Effects of smaller physical size on complex arterial grafting in coronary artery operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 733-736

  Nishida, Hiroshi ^a   Nakajima, Masato ^a   Ihashi, Kenji ^a   Sato, Motoki ^a   Shiikawa, Akira ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Koyanagi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030248223     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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