The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines on Arterial Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 801-809

  Aldea, Gabriel S ^a   Bakaeen, Faisal G ^b   Pal, Jay ^a   Fremes, Stephen ^c   Head, Stuart J ^d   Sabik, Joseph ^e   Rosengart, Todd ^b   Kappetein, A Pieter ^d   Thourani, Vinod H ^f   Firestone, Scott ^g   Mitchell, John D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING CESSATION; THORACIC ARTERY; MAMMARY ARTERY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 84969717825     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.100     Document Type: Article

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