Failure of internal thoracic artery grafts: Conclusions from coronary angiography mid-term follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 754-759

  Bezon, Eric ^a   Choplain, Jean N ^a   Maguid, Yasser A ^a   Aziz, Ahmed A ^a   Barra, Jean A ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0041330105     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00550-2     Document Type: Article

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