Patency rate of the internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery bypass is reduced by competitive flow from the concomitant saphenous vein graft in the left coronary artery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 833-838

  Kawamura, Masashi ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Funatsu, Toshihiro ^a   Otsuka, Yoritaka ^a   Yagihara, Toshikatsu ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive flow; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Graft arrangement; Internal thoracic artery; Saphenous vein graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 52949130211     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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