Intraoperative assessment of coronary artery bypass grafts

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 634-637

  Wolf, Randall K ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141630431     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00747-5     Document Type: Editorial

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