Extended Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Elderly

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 488-495

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

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Bypass grafting; Coronary artery; Elderly; Internal thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0442310553     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-003-0108-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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