Intraoperative detection of embedded coronary arteries in MIDCAB using a color Doppler microprobe

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 263-264

  Oda, Katsushi ^a   Hirose, Kunihiko ^a   Fukutomi, Takashi ^a   Yamashiro, Toshiyuki ^a   Ogoshi, Shohei ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032800271     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00336-7     Document Type: Article

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