Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting improves long-term survival in patients with reduced ejection fraction: A propensity-matched study with 30-year follow-up

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 844-853.e4

  Galbut, David L ^a   Kurlansky, Paul A ^b   Traad, Ernest A ^b   Dorman, Malcolm J ^c   Zucker, Melinda ^c   Ebra, George ^a,c  

^a Aventura Medical Center   (United States)

^b Florida Heart Research Institute   (United States)

^c JFK Medical Center Atlantis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LOG RANK TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84858339069     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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