Double grafting of the left anterior descending artery: Is the distance between the internal mammary artery and supplemental vein graft anastomoses relevant in graft survival?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Pagni, Sebastian ^a   Salloum, Ellis ^a   Storey, John ^a   Montgomery, William ^a   Cerrito, Patricia ^a   Van Himbergen, Daniel ^a   Gray Jr , Laman A ^a   Spence, Paul A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal mammary artery; Left anterior descending artery; Supplemental vein graft anastomoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FLOW KINETICS; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PERFUSION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031915482     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00299-6     Document Type: Article

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