Injury to a patent left internal thoracic artery graft at coronary reoperation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 382-386

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Casselman, Filip P ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Parsons, Eric M ^a   Loop, Floyd D ^a   Cosgrove III, Delos M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0032906706     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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