Histology and morphology of 59 internal thoracic artery grafts ant their distal anastomoses

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1338-1344

  Ojha, Matadial ^c   Leask, Richard L ^c   Johnston, K Wayne ^c   David, Tirone E ^c   Butany, Jagdish ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033794428     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01975-5     Document Type: Article

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