Long-term clinical outcome following coronary artery bypass grafting for isolated stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-457

  Hennessy, T G ^a   Codd, M B ^a   Donnelly, S ^a   Hartigan, C ^a   McCann, H A ^a   McCarthy, C ^a   Neligan, M ^a   Wood, A E ^a   Luke, D ^a   McGovern, E ^a   Aherne, T ^b   Sugrue, Declan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bypass; Coronary disease; Grafting; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844466526     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0775     Document Type: Article

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