Searching for the second-best coronary artery bypass graft: Is it the radial artery?

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 678-680

  Gardner, Timothy J ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Editorials; Grafting; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CAPACITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33847090754     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.675421     Document Type: Editorial

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