Morphometric analysis of the right gastroepiploic artery and the internal mammary artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-127

  Malhotra, Rajneesh ^a   Singh Bedi, Harinder ^a   Bazaz, Surinder ^a   Jain, Sudhir ^a   Trehan, Naresh ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343773455     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00935-3     Document Type: Article

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