Does use of a right internal thoracic artery increase deep wound infection and risk after previous use of a left internal thoracic artery?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 609-613

  Svensson, Lars G ^a   Mumtaz, Mubashir A ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Feng, Jingyuan ^a   Banbury, Michael K ^a   Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Pettersson, B Gosta ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33644587006     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.055     Document Type: Article

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