Angiographic outcomes of radial artery versus saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-261

  Cao, Christopher ^a,b,c   Manganas, Con ^c   Horton, Matthew ^c   Bannon, Paul ^a,b   Munkholm Larsen, Stine ^a,d   Ang, Su C ^c   Yan, Tristan D ^a,b  

^a New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet   (Australia)

^b Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CABG; CI; confidence interval; coronary artery bypass grafting; odds ratio; OR; RA; radial artery; randomized controlled trial; RCT; saphenous vein; SV; Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction; TIMI

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

23.1.1; 23.1.4; 23.1.5; CABG; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; ODDS RATIO; OR; RA; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RCT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SV; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIMI;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84880258941     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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