Radial artery versus saphenous vein graft patency: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-231

  Benedetto, Umberto ^a   Angeloni, Emiliano ^a   Refice, Simone ^a   Sinatra, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 73149091430     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.038     Document Type: Article

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