What is the impact of endoscopic vein harvesting on clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery?

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-64

  Grant, S W ^a   Grayson, A D ^b   Zacharias, J ^c   Dalrymple Hay, M J R ^d   Waterworth, P D ^a   Bridgewater, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN SURGERY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84155163065     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300600     Document Type: Article

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