Letter by nežić et al regarding article, the impact of diabetic status on coronary artery bypass graft patency: Insights from the radial artery patency study

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Nežić, Duško ^a   Kneževic, Aleksandar ^a   Jović, Miomir ^a   Vuković, Petar ^a  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETIC PATIENT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; STANDARD; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 67649523040     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.832063     Document Type: Letter

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