Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 855-872

  Lytle, B W ^a   Blackstone, E H ^a   Loop, F D ^a   Houghtaling, P L ^a   Arnold, J H ^a   Akhrass, R ^a   McCarthy, P M ^a   Cosgrove, D M ^a   Barner, H B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032934259     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70365-X     Document Type: Article

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