Single versus bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts with concomitant saphenous vein grafts for multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting: Effects on mortality and event-free survival

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1408-1415

  Stevens, L M ^a   Carrier, M ^a   Perrault, L P ^a   Hebert Y ^a   Cartier, R ^a   Bouchard, D ^a   Fortier, A ^a   El Hamamsy, I ^a   Pellerin, M ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 2342441921     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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