Coronary artery bypass grafting: Part 1 - the evolution over the first 50 years

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 2862-2872

  Head, Stuart J ^a   Kieser, Teresa M ^b   Falk, Volkmar ^c   Huysmans, Hans A ^d   Kappetein, A Pieter ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Evolution; Graft Patency; Minimally invasive; Outcome prediction; Outcomes; Review

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; EVOLUTION; GRAFT PATENCY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OUTCOME PREDICTION; OUTCOMES; REVIEW;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885340448     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht330     Document Type: Review

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