Is bilateral internal thoracic artery use safe in the elderly?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Elmistekawy, Elsayed M ^a   Gawad, Nada ^a   Bourke, Michael ^a   Mesana, Thierry ^a   Boodhwani, Munir ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAFETY; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857058549     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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