Skeletonized harvesting improves the early-term and mid-term perfect patency of a radial artery graft

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 472-476

  Miyagi, Naoto ^a,c   Oshima, Nagahisa ^a   Shirai, Toshizumi ^a   Sunamori, Makoto ^b  

^a Ohme Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Patency; Radial artery graft; Skeletonized harvesting

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASOSPASM;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33846085212     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-006-0038-x     Document Type: Article

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