Thoracic radiation therapy and suitability of internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1587-1592

  Nasso, Giuseppe ^a,b   Canosa, Carlo ^a   De Filippo, Carlo Maria ^a   Mondugno, Pietro ^a   Anselmi, Amedeo ^a   Gaudino, Mario ^a   Alessandrini, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Internal thoracic artery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944506347     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1587     Document Type: Article

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