Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Current state of the art

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Kinoshita, Takeshi ^a   Asai, Tohru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Internal thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79955595125     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3182166793     Document Type: Review

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