The assessment of internal mammary artery grafts by colour Doppler in coronary artery surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Sungun M ^a   Duran, E ^a   Cebeci, B S ^a   Us, M H ^a   Saba, D ^a   Saygin, G ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Internal mammary coronary artery anastomosis; Ultrasonography, Doppler color

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031951436     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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