Do angiographic results from symptom-directed studies reflect true graft patency?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 896-901

  Buxton, Brian F ^a   Durairaj, Manoj ^b   Hare, David L ^b   Gordon, Ian ^b   Moten, Simon ^b   Orford, Victoria ^b   Seevanayagam, Siven ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; TRANSPLANTS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 23944460547     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.097     Document Type: Article

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