Early and mid-term outcome of anastomosis of gastroepiploic artery to left coronary artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2033-2036

  Takahashi, Kenji ^a,b   Daitoku, Kazuyuki ^a   Nakata, Sei ^a   Oikawa, Shigeru ^a   Minakawa, Masahito ^a   Kondo, Norihiro ^a  

^a Aomori Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Aomori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 9344257874     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.071     Document Type: Article

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