The impact of placing multiple grafts to each myocardial territory on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Chu, Danny ^a,b   Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a,b   Wang, Xing Li ^a,c   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,c   LeMaire, Scott A ^a,c   Huh, Joseph ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249092181     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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