Coronary artery bypass graft pseudoaneurysm communicating with the right atrium: A case report and review

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-82

  Nathaniel, Cyril ^b   Missri, Jose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

fistula; pseudoaneurysm; saphenous vein grafts

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0029911580     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199605)38:1<80::AID-CCD18>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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