The right internal thoracic artery: The forgotten conduit5,766 patients and 991 angiograms

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-17

  Tatoulis, James ^a   Buxton, Brian F ^a   Fuller, John A ^a  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RIGHT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VICTORIA;

EID: 79959796844     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.099     Document Type: Article

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