Evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts using helical scan computed tomography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-326

  Ueyama, Keishi ^a,b   Ohashi, Hirokazu ^a   Tsutsumi, Yasushi ^a   Kawai, Takahiro ^a   Ueda, Tetsuyuki ^a   Ohnaka, Masateru ^a  

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Maizuru Mutual Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; CT scan; Gastroepiploic artery; Internal thoracic artery; Radial artery; Sequential graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0032972920     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199903)46:3<322::AID-CCD12>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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