Radial artery use is safe in patients with moderate to severe left ventricular dysfunction

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1414-1421

  Fazel, Shafie ^a   Mallidi, Hari R ^a   Pelletier, Marc P ^a   Sever, Jeri Y ^a   Christakis, George T ^a   Goldman, Bernard S ^a   Fremes, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037407248     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04992-5     Document Type: Article

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