Outcomes in single versus bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 598-601

  Walkes, Jon Cecil M ^a   Earle, Nan ^a   Reardon, Michael J ^a   Glaeser, Donald H ^a   Wall Jr , Mathew J ^a   Huh, Joseph ^a,c   Jones, James W ^b   Soltero, Ernesto R ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036871842     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200211000-00003     Document Type: Article

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