Causes of non-functioning right internal mammary used in a Y-graft configuration: insight from a 6-month systematic angiographic trial

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Glineur, David ^a   Hanet, Claude ^a   D'hoore, William ^a   Poncelet, Alain ^a   De Kerchove, Laurent ^a   Etienne, Pierre Yves ^a   Noirhomme, Philippe ^a   El Khoury, Gebrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilateral internal mammary artery; Composite graft; Coronary artery bypass; Graft patency; Right internal mammary artery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 67349268134     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.041     Document Type: Article

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