Radial artery patency and clinical outcomes: Five-year interim results of a randomized trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1363-1370

  Buxton, Brian F ^a,c   Raman, Jai S ^a   Ruengsakulrach, Permyos ^a   Gordon, Ian ^b   Rosalion, Alex ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   Horrigan, Mark ^a   Hare, David L ^a   Fremes, Stephen E ^d  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0038649729     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(02)73241-8     Document Type: Article

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