Late effects of radial artery versus saphenous vein grafting in patients aged 70 years or older

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1478-1484

  Habib, Robert H ^a   Schwann, Thomas A ^b   Engoren, Milo ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867755218     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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