The second best arterial graft: A propensity analysis of the radial artery versus the free right internal thoracic artery to bypass the circumflex coronary artery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-142

  Tranbaugh, Robert F ^a   Dimitrova, Kamellia R ^a   Lucido, David J ^a   Hoffman, Darryl M ^a   Dincheva, Gabriela R ^a   Geller, Charles M ^a   Balaram, Sandhya K ^b   Ko, Wilson ^a   Swistel, Daniel G ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84890561779     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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