Left internal thoracic artery-radial artery composite grafts as the technique of choice for myocardial revascularization in elderly patients: a prospective randomized evaluation.

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Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on January 01, 2004

Authors

Claudio Muneretto1, Gianluigi Bisleri, Alberto Negri, Jacopo Manfredi, Enrico Carone, Jeffrey A Morgan, Marco Metra, Livio Dei Cas

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Italy. munerett@master.cci.unibs.it

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