Conduits for coronary artery bypass surgery: The quest for second best

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 411-421

  Bello, Sean O Z ^a   Peng, Edward W K ^a   Sarkar, Pradip K ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conduits for coronary bypass; coronary artery bypass; graft patency; myocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; EDIFOLIGIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; MILRINONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; PLACEBO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL ARTERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CEPHALIC VEIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COW; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GENE THERAPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY; LONG SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; NONHUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT OCCLUSION; SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASOSPASM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 79955796484     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328345a20d     Document Type: Article

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