Angiographic features of vein grafts versus ungrafted coronary arteries in patients with unstable angina and previous bypass surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1493-1499

  Chen, Lijia ^a   Théroux, Pierre ^a   Lespérance, Jacques ^a   Shabani, Faryala ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   De Guise, Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030588946     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00344-0     Document Type: Article

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