Does aspirin 6 h after coronary artery bypass grafting optimise graft patency?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-415

  Musleh, Ghassan ^a   Dunning, Joel ^a,b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Evidence based medicine; Thoracic surgery; Vascular patency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1642579526     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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