Use of nitinol-U clips and flow characteristics of LIMA-LAD anastomoses

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-240

  D'Ancona, Giuseppe ^a,b   Salerno, Tomas A ^c   Aoukar, Pierre S ^a   Karamanoukian, Hratch ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitinol U clips; TTFM diastolic flow index

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0041885253     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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