Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1441-1445

  Takami, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ina, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Kasugai Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0036266278     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03501-4     Document Type: Article

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