Atresia of internal thoracic artery grafts following placement to noncritically obstructed vessels

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-301

  Glazier, James J ^a   Giri, Satyendra ^b   Primiano, Charles A ^b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atresia; Internal thoracic artery graft; String sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC ARTERIES;

EID: 0030736413     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199711)42:3<298::AID-CCD16>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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