Role of coronary graft flow measurement during reoperations for early graft failure after off-pump coronary revascularization

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 342-347

  Ricci, Marco ^a   Karamanoukian, Hratch L ^a,b   Salerno, Tomas A ^a   D'Ancona, Giuseppe ^a   Bergsland, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033506512     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1999.tb01006.x     Document Type: Article

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