Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting is associated with significantly improved long-term survival, even among diabetic patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 710-716

  Puskas, John D ^a   Sadiq, Adil ^a   Vassiliades, Thomas A ^a   Kilgo, Patrick D ^b   Lattouf, Omar M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTING; STERNUM; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865224795     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.082     Document Type: Article

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