Impact of unstable angina on outcomes of transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2082-2085

  Horvath, Keith A ^a   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^b   Guyton, Robert A ^b   Edwards, Fred H ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28344434805     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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