Prevalence and variability of internal mammary graft use in contemporary multivessel coronary artery bypass graft

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 609-612

  Schmitto, Jan D ^a   Rajab, Taufiek K ^a   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass graft; coronary artery disease; internal mammary artery; internal mammary graft; multivessel disease; prevalence; variability

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049245380     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833f0498     Document Type: Review

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