ITA versus SVG: A comparison of instantaneous pressure and flow dynamics during competitive flow

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1086-1092

  Pagni, Sebastian ^a   Storey, John ^a   Ballen, Jay ^a   Montgomery, William ^a   Chiang, Ben Y ^a   Etoch, Steve ^a   Spence, Paul A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive flow; Graft failure; Internal thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOG; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOGS; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THORACIC ARTERIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030748104     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01214-1     Document Type: Article

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