Benefit of bilateral over single internal mammary artery grafts for multiple coronary artery bypass grafting

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2164-2170

  Endo, Masahiro ^a   Nishida, Hiroshi ^a   Tomizawa, Yasuko ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Grafting; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035975990     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4301.098283     Document Type: Article

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