Long-term patency of the right internal mammary artery used as a coronary bypass conduit and the effect of the recipient vessel

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 460-463

  Rashkow, Andrew ^a   Nawaz, Haq ^b   Juhasz, Diana ^b   Marcu, Bogdan ^b   Donohue, Thomas ^b  

^a BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0042564671     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00668-4     Document Type: Article

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