Radial artery as conduit is safe and effective in coronary bypass surgery in the elderly - Single-central results from 326 patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1049-1054

  Chen, Xujun ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Xie, Donghua ^b   Meng, Fanrong ^a   Shi, Kaihu ^a   Xu, Ming ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Elderly; Follow up; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AGING; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORGAN DONOR; PARESTHESIA; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY SPASM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649833732     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-1000     Document Type: Article

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