Noninvasive Evaluation of Arterial Grafts with Newly Released Multidetector Computed Tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1523-1527

  Gurevitch, Jacob ^a   Gaspar, Tamar ^a   Orlov, Boris ^a   Amar, Ron ^a   Dvir, Dan ^a   Peled, Nathan ^a   Aravot, Dan J ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0242468643     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00955-X     Document Type: Article

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