Bilateral internal thoracic artery on the left side: A propensity score-matched study of impact of the third conduit on the right side

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 869-874

  Di Mauro, Michele ^a   Contini, Marco ^a   Iacò, Angela L ^a   Bivona, Antonio ^a   Gagliardi, Massimo ^a   Varone, Egidio ^a   Bosco, Paolo ^a   Calafiore, Antonio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 62849107515     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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