Arterial conduits for surgical revascularization: The answer is ..

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1313-1314

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 80053048856     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.055368     Document Type: Editorial

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