Impact of multivessel coronary artery disease on outcome after isolated minimally invasive bypass grafting of the left anterior descending artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 487-491

  Lichtenberg, Artur ^a   Klima, Uwe ^a   Paeschke, Hans ^a   Pichlmaier, Max ^a   Ringes Lichtenberg, Stefanie ^a   Walles, Thorsten ^a   Goerler, Heidi ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242757372     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.044     Document Type: Article

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