Clinical results of coronary artery bypass grafting with use of the internal thoracic artery under low free flow conditions

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Hata, Mitsumasa ^a,b   Shiono, Motomi ^a,b   Orime, Yukihiko ^a,b   Yagi, Shinya ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tomonori ^a,b   Okumura, Haruhiko ^a,b   Kimura, Shun ichi ^a,b   Sezai, Akira ^a,b   Kashiwazaki, Satoshi ^a,b   Choh, Shinsuke ^a,b   Negishi, Nanao ^a,b   Sezai, Yukiyasu ^a,b   Yokoyama, Eise ^a,b   Hata, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okaya Enrei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033977360     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(00)70226-1     Document Type: Article

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