Total arterial myocardial revascularization with composite grafts improves results of coronary surgery in elderly: A prospective randomized comparison with conventional coronary artery bypass surgery

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Muneretto, Claudio ^a   Bisleri, Gianluigi ^b   Negri, Alberto ^b   Manfredi, Jacopo ^b   Metra, Marco ^b   Nodari, Savina ^b   Culot, Lidia ^b   Dei Cas, Livio ^b  

^a UDA Cardiochirurgia   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Arteries; Coronary disease; Revascularization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THORACIC ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042417222     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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