Radial artery versus saphenous vein conduits for coronary artery bypass surgery: Forty years of competition - which conduit offers better patency? A systematic review and meta-analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 208-220

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a,b   Saso, Srdjan ^a   Rao, Christopher ^a   Vecht, Joshua ^a   Grapsa, Julia ^a   Dunning, Joel ^c   Lemma, Massimo ^d   Casula, Roberto ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Meta analysis; Radial artery; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMBASE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY CONDUIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN CONDUIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN GRAFT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 79958016065     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.11.012     Document Type: Review

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