Routine myocardial revascularization with the radial artery: A multicenter experience

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 318-327

  Chen, Ann M ^a   Brodman, Richard F ^b,e   Frame, Rosemary ^b   Graver, L Michael ^c,d   Tranbaugh, Robert F ^e   Banks, Thomas ^e   Hoffman, Darryl ^e   Palazzo, Robert S ^c,d   Kline, Gary M ^c,d   Stelzer, Paul ^e   Harris, Loren ^e   Sisto, Donato ^b   Frymus, Michael ^b   Frater, Robert W M ^b   Furlong, Patricia ^b   Wasserman, Fred ^b   Cohen, Bert ^e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032313583     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01092.x     Document Type: Article

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