Echocardiographic diagnosis of an asymptomatic aneurysm of a saphenous vein graft

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 661-664

  Bansal, Ramesh C ^a,b,c  

^a Loma Linda University School of Medicine ^*

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0036594423     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118175     Document Type: Article

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