Early and late outcome of skeletonised bilateral internal mammary arteries anastomosed to the left coronary system

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Bonacchi, Massimo ^a,b   Battaglia, F ^b   Prifti, E ^b   Leacche, M ^c   Nathan, N S ^c   Sani, G ^b   Popoff, G ^d  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Villa Maria Beatrice Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12744278161     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024091     Document Type: Article

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