Successful VATS ligation of a large anomalous branch producing IMA steal syndrome after MIDCAB

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1681-1682

  Pagni, Sebastian ^a   Bousamra II, Michael ^a   Shirley, Melissa Walton ^b   Spence, Paul A ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b T J Sampson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035023839     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02300-6     Document Type: Article

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