Arterial grafts protect the native coronary vessels from atherosclerotic disease progression

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 475-481

  Dimitrova, Kamellia R ^a   Hoffman, Darryl M ^a   Geller, Charles M ^a   Dincheva, Gabriela ^a   Ko, Wilson ^a   Tranbaugh, Robert F ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864261261     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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