Second internal thoracic artery versus radial artery in coronary artery bypass grafting: A long-term, propensity score-matched follow-up study

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1321-1329

  Ruttmann, Elfriede ^a   Fischler, Nikolaus ^a   Sakic, Adel ^a   Chevtchik, Orest ^a   Alber, Hannes ^a   Schistek, Roland ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Grimm, Michael ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

internal thoracic artery; radial artery; revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052969693     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.030536     Document Type: Article

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