Early vasoreactive profile of skeletonized versus pedicled internal thoracic artery grafts

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 638-641

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,c   Trani, Carlo ^b   Glieca, Franco ^a   Mazzari, Mario Attilio ^b   Rigattieri, Stefano ^b   Nasso, Giuseppe ^a   Alessandrini, Francesco ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^b   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037350232     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.106     Document Type: Article

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