Midterm clinical results in myocardial revascularization using the radial artery

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Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2075-2079

  Beghi, Cesare ^a   Nicolini, Francesco ^a,b   Budillon, Alessandro Maria ^a   Borrello, Bruno ^a   Ballore, Luca ^a   Reverberi, Claudio ^a   Gherli, Tiziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Myocardial revascularization; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036928225     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2075     Document Type: Article

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