Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting is superior to other forms of multiple arterial grafting in providing survival benefit after coronary bypass surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1408-1415

  Kelly, Ryan ^a   Buth, Karen J ^a   Légaré, Jean Francois ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869089931     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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