Radial artery grafting in women improves 15-year survival

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1467-1473

  Dimitrova, Kamellia R ^a   Hoffman, Darryl M ^a   Geller, Charles M ^a   Ko, Wilson ^a   Lucido, David J ^a   Dincheva, Gabriela R ^a   Tranbaugh, Robert F ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

23; 23.1; 23.1.1; 23.1.2; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; BITA; CABG; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; HAZARD RATIO; HR; LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; LITA; RA; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SV;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84888062024     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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