High mortality after coronary bypass surgery in patients with high-grade left main coronary artery stenosis

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Jönsson, Anders ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^a   Liska, Jan ^a   Nordqvist, Tobias ^a   Ivert, Torbjörn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaterals; Coronary artery bypass; Left main coronary artery; Occlusion; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748362833     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430600681978     Document Type: Article

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