Severe impairment of graft flow without electrocardiographic changes during coronary artery bypass grafting

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-159

  Jakobsen, Henrik L ^b   Kjaergard, Henrik K ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; ECG; Flow; Flowmetry; Graft occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032864573     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439950141786     Document Type: Article

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