Angiographic 20-year follow-up of 61 consecutive patients with internal thoracic artery grafts

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-158

  Voutilainen, Sari M ^a   Järvinen, Antero A ^a   Verkkala, Kalervo A ^a   Keto, Pekka E ^a   Heikkinen, Leo O ^a   Voutilainen, Petri E ^a   Harjola, Pekka T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0342748638     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199901000-00020     Document Type: Article

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