Risks and Benefits of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting in Diabetic Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2017-2022

  Hirotani, Takashi ^a   Nakamichi, Tsukasa ^a   Munakata, Mamoru ^a   Takeuchi, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0344234140     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01062-2     Document Type: Article

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