Real time assessment of myocardial revascularization during coronary artery bypass surgery by means of ultrasonic integrated backscatter

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-159

  Hirata, Nobuaki ^a   Maeda, Shouhei ^a   Takiuchi, Shin ^a   Iwata, Keishi ^a   Ohtake, Shigeaki ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032791149     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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