An experimental approach to quantitative thermal coronary angiography

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-27

  Falk, V ^a   Walther, T ^a   Kitzinger, H ^a   Rauch, T ^a   Diegeler, A ^a   Autschbach, R ^a   Mohr, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Thermal coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031981445     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010179     Document Type: Article

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