Improved survival with multiple left-sided bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Schmidt, Sheila E ^a   Jones, James W ^a   Thornby, John I ^a   Miller III, Charles C ^a   Beall Jr , Arthur C ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030845419     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00473-6     Document Type: Article

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