Survival and Graft Patency After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Coronary Endarterectomy: Role of Arterial Versus Vein Conduits

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-31

  Schwann, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Zacharias, Anoar ^a,b,c   Riordan, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Durham, Samuel J ^a,b,c   Shah, Aamir S ^a,b,c   Habib, Robert H ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Luke's Hospital Ohio   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURVIVAL TIME; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 34250329825     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.053     Document Type: Article

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