The effect of not using an internal mammary artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1377-1378

  Leavitt, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; GRAFT PATENCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 10344258580     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.027383     Document Type: Editorial

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