Outcomes associated with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: The importance of age

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1269-1276

  Kieser, Teresa M ^a   Lewin, Adriane M ^a   Graham, Michelle M ^b   Martin, Billie Jean ^a   Galbraith, P Diane ^a,c   Rabi, Doreen M ^a   Norris, Colleen M ^b   Faris, Peter D ^c   Knudtson, Merril L ^a   Ghali, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTING; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALBERTA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053328643     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.083     Document Type: Article

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