Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of mammary artery grafts after minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1229-1232

  Vetter, Herbert O ^a,b   Driever, Rudolf ^a   Mertens, Heinrich ^a   Kempkes, Udo ^a   Cramer, Bernhard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Heart Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0035061830     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02435-3     Document Type: Article

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