Does a skeletonized or pedicled left internal thoracic artery give the best graft patency?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-104

  Ali, Erden ^a   Saso, Srdjan ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial conduits; CABG; Internal thoracic artery; Patency; Pedicled; Skeletonized

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PEDICLED LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETONIZED LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BENCHMARKING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 74849117628     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.221242     Document Type: Article

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