Gastroepiploic artery coronary bypass graft: Non-invasive patency evaluation using color and duplex Doppler ultrasonography

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 134-139

  Gryspeerdt, Stefaan ^a   Van Hoe, Lieven ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a   Stockx, Luc ^a   Baert, Albert L ^a   Sergeant, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arterial graft; Color Doppler ultrasound; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Duplex Doppler ultrasound; Gastropiploic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031053134     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)01076-7     Document Type: Article

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