Randomized trial to compare bilateral vs. single internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafting: 1-year results of the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2470-2481

  Taggart, David P ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^a   Gray, Alastair M ^a   Lees, Belinda ^b,c   Nugara, Fiona ^b   Yu, Ly Mee ^a   Campbell, Helen ^a   Flather, Marcus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bypass; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INTERNAL MAMMARY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE INTERNAL MAMMARY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND HEALING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958139317     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq318     Document Type: Article

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