Left internal mammary artery usage in coronary artery bypass grafting a measure of quality control

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-369

  Karthik, S ^a   Fabri, Brian M ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CABG; LIMA; Quality control

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746032567     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X98667     Document Type: Article

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