Safety and usefulness of composite grafts for total arterial myocardial revascularization: A prospective randomized evaluation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 826-835

  Muneretto, Claudio ^a   Negri, Alberto ^b   Manfredi, Jacopo ^b   Terrini, Alberto ^b   Rodella, Giulia ^b   ElQarra, Suad ^b   Bisleri, Gianluigi ^b   Sundt, Thoralf M ^b   Dion, Robert A ^b   Brodman, Richard F ^b   Calafiore, Antonio M ^b   Smith, Craig R ^b  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037395413     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.154     Document Type: Article

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