Relation of unstable angina and myocardial infarction to progression of coronary narrowing in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (Utilizing an Internal Mammary Artery)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1683-1685

  Lerakis, Stamatios ^a   Cutler, David ^a   Zhao, Dong ^a   Conti, Vincent R ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0030795318     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00224-5     Document Type: Article

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