Transesophageal echocardiography evaluation and follow-up of left main coronary artery patch angioplasty

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-588

  Sharoni, Erez ^a   Erez, Eldad ^a   Shapira, Yaron ^a   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a   Sagie, Alexander ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery; Patch angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037383549     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00799-6     Document Type: Article

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