Comparison of saphenous vein graft versus right gastroepiploic artery to revascularize the right coronary artery: A prospective randomized clinical, functional, and angiographic midterm evaluation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 482-488

  Glineur, David ^a   Hanet, Claude ^a   Poncelet, Alain ^a   D'hoore, William ^a   Funken, Jean Christophe ^a   Rubay, Jean ^a   Astarci, Parla ^a   Lacroix, Valerie ^a   Verhelst, Robert ^a   Etienne, Pierre Yves ^a   Noirhomme, Philippe ^a   El Khoury, Gebrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 48649093720     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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