Role of transcutaneous ultrasound in evaluation of graft patency following minimally invasive coronary surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Gupta, Suzane ^a   Murgatroyd, Francis ^a   Widenka, K ^a   Spyt, T J ^a   De Bono, D P ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery flow; Doppler ultrasound; Internal mammary graft; Minimally invasive heart surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031753279     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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