ABO blood group distribution and severity of coronary artery disease among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in Northern Finland

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 195-196

  Biancari, Fausto ^a   Satta, Jari ^a   Pokela, Risto ^a   Juvonen, Tatu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

ABO blood groups; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Coronary artery disease; Factor VIII; von Willebrand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0036877334     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(03)00003-3     Document Type: Letter

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