Patency rates of three arterial grafting patterns to the left anterior descending and diagonal coronary arteries in symptomatic patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1161-1164

  Brueck, Martin ^a   Kramer, Wilfried ^b   Vogt, Paul R ^b   Daniel, Werner G ^b   Tillmanns, Harald ^b   Ludwig, Josef ^b  

^a Clinic of Wetzlar   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037385129     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04721-5     Document Type: Article

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