Skeletonized and pedicled internal thoracic artery grafts: Effect on free flow during bypass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 909-913

  Choi, Jong Bum ^a   Lee, Sam Youn ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0029927966     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01171-4     Document Type: Article

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