Patency rates of endoscopically harvested radial arteries one year after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-656

  Bleiziffer, Sabine ^a   Hettich, Ina ^a   Eisenhauer, Birgit ^a   Ruzicka, Daniel ^a   Wottke, Michael ^a   Hausleiter, Joerg ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a   Morgenstern, Martin ^b   Lange, Ruediger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinical Center Rosenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIAL ARTERY; STENOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34548127787     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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