Revascularization of left anterior descending (LAD) artery with in situ left internal thoracic artery (LITA) and coronary-coronary free LITA grafts: 12-Year patency

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-724

  Omay, Oguz ^a   Ozker, Emre ^b,e   Indelen, Cenk ^c   Suzer, Kaya ^d  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Camlica Hayat Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Osmanyilmaz MH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 55149091792     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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