Clinical results of endarterectomy of the right and left anterior descending coronary arteries

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-25

  Abrahamov, Dan ^a   Tamaris, Miguel ^a   Guru, Veena ^a   Fremes, Steve ^a   Christakis, George ^a   Bhatnagar, Gopal ^a   Sever, Jeri ^a   Goldman, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVASCULARIZATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033375997     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1999.tb00945.x     Document Type: Article

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