Left anterior descending coronary endarterectomy: Early and late results in 196 consecutive patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 867-873

  Byrne, John G ^a   Karavas, Alexandros N ^a   Gudbjartson, Tomas ^a   Leacche, Marzia ^a   Rawn, James D ^a   Couper, Gregory S ^a   Rizzo, Robert J ^a   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Aranki, Sary F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444300647     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.046     Document Type: Article

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