The no-touch saphenous vein as the preferred second conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Dreifaldt, Mats ^a   Mannion, John D ^b   Bodin, Lennart ^c   Olsson, Hans ^d   Zagozdzon, Leszek ^a   Souza, Domingos ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Bayhealth Med Center   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NO TOUCH SAPHENOUS VEIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84879686676     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.102     Document Type: Article

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