Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting reverses the negative influence of gender on outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-63

  Kurlansky, Paul A ^a   Traad, Ernest A ^a   Dorman, Malcolm J ^b   Galbut, David L ^a   Zucker, Melinda ^a   Ebra, George ^a  

^a Florida Heart Research Institute   (United States)

^b Florida Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial grafts; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Internal mammary artery; Propensity matching; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTERIAL GRAFTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PROPENSITY MATCHING; WOMEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879591648     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs683     Document Type: Article

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