Can the use of the radial artery be expanded to all patients with different surgical grafting techniques? Early clinical and angiographic results in 600 patients

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Al Ruzzeh, Sharif ^a   Modine, Thomas ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Mazrani, Waseem ^a   Azeem, Fazil ^a   Nakamura, Koki ^a   Bustami, Mahmoud ^a   Ilsley, Charles ^a   Amrani, Mohamed ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12944295287     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.05003.x     Document Type: Review

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