Assessment of left internal mammary artery grafts using Dipyridamole Doppler echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1603-1606

  Pezzano, Antonio ^a   Fusco, Rossana ^a   Child, Maurice ^a   Riccobono, Salvatore ^a   Milazzo, Angela ^a   Recalcati, Fabio ^a   Savonitto, Stefano ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031435492     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00775-3     Document Type: Article

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