Multicenter radial artery patency study (RAPS): Study design

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-413

  Cohen, E ^a   Dubbin, J ^a   Schwartz, L ^a   Myers, R ^a   Newton, G ^a   Wulffhart, Z ^a   Dorian, P ^a   Sasson, Z ^a   Teoh, K ^a   Brister, S ^a   Logan, G ^a   Morgan, C ^a   Fremes, S ^a   Naylor, D ^a   Sykora K, ^a   Tamirez, M ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Patency; Radial artery; Saphenous vein graft

Indexed keywords

ADALAT XL; AMLODIPINE; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAMPLE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0033916781     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(00)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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