How many arterial grafts are enough? A population-based study of midterm outcomes

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1021-1028

  Guru, Veena ^a,b   Fremes, Stephen E ^a   Tu, Jack V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646196668     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.036     Document Type: Article

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