Long-term results of the radial artery used for myocardial revascularization

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1350-1354

  Possati, Gianfederico ^a,c   Gaudino, Mario ^a   Prati, Francesco ^b   Alessandrini, Francesco ^a   Trani, Carlo ^a   Glieca, Franco ^a   Mazzari, Mario A ^a   Luciani, Nicola ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artery; Bypass; Revascularization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141653914     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000087402.13786.D0     Document Type: Article

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