Noninvasive evaluation of internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending coronary artery anastomotic sites using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: Comparison with coronary arteriography

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1080-1086

  Hirata, Nobuaki ^a   Asaoka, Nobuaki ^b   Amemiya, Akira ^b   Hatsuoka, Shinichi ^b   Ueno, Takayoshi ^b   Kosakai, Yoshio ^b  

^a Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0142182642     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00812-2     Document Type: Article

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