Effect of distal graft anastomosis site on retrograde perfusion and flow patterns of native coronary vasculature

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 782-787

  Guo, Lin Rui ^b   Steinman, David A ^b   Moon, Byung C ^a   Wan, Wan Kei ^b   Millsap, Richard J ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b London Health Sciences Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEMODYNAMICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; THROMBOGENESIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONSTRICTION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0034849610     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02801-6     Document Type: Article

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