Origin and incidence of xiphoid branch of the internal thoracic artery

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Lachman, N ^a   Satyapal, K S ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Internal thoracic artery; Variation; Xiphoid branch

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISSECTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB CARTILAGE; STERNUM;

EID: 0032716577     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01631338     Document Type: Article

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