Are arterial grafts superior to vein grafts for revascularisation of the right coronary system? A systematic review

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 835-842

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Mukherjee, Dayal ^a   Harling, Leanne ^a   Okabayashi, Koji ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARDIAC SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE;

ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR PATENCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84878108352     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303225     Document Type: Review

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