Bilateral skeletonized mammary artery grafting: Experience with 560 consecutive patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 971-976

  Bical, O ^a,b   Braunberger, E ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Robinault, J ^a   Foiret, J C ^a   Fromes, Y ^a   Gaillard, D ^a,b   Maribas, P ^b   Bouharaoua, T ^b   Souffrant, G ^b   Vanetti, A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CMC Parly II le Chesnay   (France)

Author keywords

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting; Coronary surgery; Internal thoracic artery; Skeletonized ITA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030346790     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80399-X     Document Type: Article

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