Early postoperative flow rates after internal thoracic artery grafting for the left coronary artery system

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 958-964

  Cremer, Joachim ^a   Harringer, Wolfgang ^a   Hermann, Gunhild ^b   Lins, Markus ^b   Brandt, Michael ^a   Ostermann, Christiane ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral ITA grafting; Conduit flow; Intravascular Doppler; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PAPAVERINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NITROGLYCERIN; PAPAVERINE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACIC ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030345741     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80397-6     Document Type: Article

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