Does the right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft offer superior revascularization of the right coronary artery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-247

  Mukherjee, Dayal ^a   Cheriyan, Jerry ^a   Kourliouros, Antonios ^b   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graft failure; Patency; Right coronary artery; Right internal thoracic artery; Saphenous vein graft

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BENCHMARKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84869173875     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs180     Document Type: Review

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