Cardiac surgery in patients with previous carcinoma of the breast and mediastinal irradiation: Is the internal thoracic artery graft obsolete?

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 376-380

  Gansera, Brigitte ^a   Haschemi, A ^a   Angelis, I ^a   Eichinger, W ^a   Breuer, M ^a   Keiditsch, E ^a   Kemkes, B M ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hodgkin's disease; Irradiation; ITA grafting; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0033375567     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013177     Document Type: Article

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