Bypass to the distal right coronary artery using in situ gastroepiploic artery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 499-504

  Hirose, Hitoshi ^a,b   Amano, Atsushi ^c   Takahashi, Akihito ^d  

^a NEW TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d THE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 9744221049     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04103.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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