Frequent change of procedure during coronary artery bypass surgery suggests insufficient preoperative diagnostic strategy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-302

  Eckardt, Rozy ^a   Kjeldsen, Bo Juel ^a   Thayssen, Per ^a   Vach, Werner ^b   Haghfelt, Torben ^a   Høilund Carlsen, Poul F ^a   Andersen, Lars Ib ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Graft patency; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCINTIGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34249813388     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.149914     Document Type: Article

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