Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting: Are BIMA better?

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-9

  Taggart, David P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; BILATERAL INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAMMARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036085022     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.1.7     Document Type: Short Survey

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