Reappraisal of a 20-Year experience with the radial artery as a conduit for coronary bypass grafting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Achouh, Paul ^a   Isselmou, Khaled Ould ^a   Boutekadjirt, Redha ^b   D'Alessandro, Cosimo ^b   Pagny, Jean Yves ^a   Fouquet, Regis ^a   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^a   Acar, Christophe ^b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass; CT scan coronary angiography; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR PATENCY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84860317659     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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