A meta-analysis of adjusted hazard ratios from 20 observational studies of bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1282-1290

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Goto, Shin Nosuke ^a   Watanabe, Taku ^a   Mizuno, Yusuke ^a   Kawai, Norikazu ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MAMMARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908224190     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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