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Titel:

Quality of internal thoracic artery grafts after mediastinal irradiation.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article
Autor(en):
Gansera, B; Schmidtler, F; Angelis, I; Botzenhardt, F; Schuster, T; Kiask, T; Haschemi, A; Kemkes, BM
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: With the increase of patients of advanced age requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the number of those with previous mastectomy and irradiation of the chest increases proportionally. The question of whether mediastinal irradiation leads to relevant internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft damage remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to proof the quality of ITAs and to evaluate the early clinical outcome after using one or both ITAs in this specific population. ME...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Ann Thorac Surg
Jahr:
2007
Band / Volume:
84
Heft / Issue:
5
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1479-84
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.034
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17954049
Print-ISSN:
0003-4975
TUM Einrichtung:
Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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