Spontaneous recanalization of functionally occluded bilateral internal thoracic artery T graft

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-211

  Fukuda, I ^a   Takeyasu, N ^a   Noguchi, Y ^a  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Coronary disease surgery; Graft occlusion, vascular; Thoracic arteries

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EXERCISE TEST; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0038603147     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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