Does Competitive Flow Reduce Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Patency?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1490-1497

  Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Khan, Mohammad ^a   Houghtaling, Penny L ^a   Cosgrove, Delos M ^a   Shumway, Sara J ^b   Tatoulis, James ^b   Bednarski, Piotr ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0242721243     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01022-1     Document Type: Article

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