Thirty-year experience with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Where have we been and where are we going?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 646-651

  Kurlansky, Paul ^a  

^a Florida Heart Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952429311     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0242-9     Document Type: Article

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