The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 60-67 , January 2010

Comparable patencies of the radial artery and right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein beyond 5 years: Results from the Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes trial

  • Philip A.R. Hayward, MRCP, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Ian R. Gordon, MSc, PhD, AStat

      Affiliations

    • Statistical Consulting Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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  • David L. Hare, DPM, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • George Matalanis, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Mark L. Horrigan, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Alexander Rosalion, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Brian F. Buxton, FRACS, FRCS, FRCS(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Brian F. Buxton, FRACS, FRCS, FRCS(C), Victorian Heart Centre, Epworth Hospital, Bridge Road, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.

Received 6 May 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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 Read at the Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 10–14, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01277-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.043

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 60-67 , January 2010

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