Skeletonized gastroepiploic artery as a composite graft for total arterial revascularization

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-123

  Ryu, Sang Wan ^b   Ahn, Byoung Hee ^a   Choo, Suk Jung ^b   Na, Kook Ju ^b   Ahn, Young Keun ^b   Jeong, Myung Ho ^b   Kim, Sang Hyung ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20544464710     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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