Does routine use of the radial artery increase complexity or morbidity of coronary bypass surgery?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 555-559

  Anyanwu, Ani C ^a   Saeed, Imran ^a   Bustami, Mahmoud ^a   Ilsley, Charles ^a   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a   Amrani, Mohamed ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ARTERIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 0035110159     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02219-0     Document Type: Article

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