Bilateral internal thoracic artery operations in the elderly

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-170

  Jones, J W ^a,b   Schmidt, S E ^a   Miller III, C C ^a   Beall Jr , A C ^a   Baldwin, J C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Coronary artery bypass; Thoracic arteries

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL TIME; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034042747     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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