A Technique for Evaluating Competitive Flow for Intraoperative Decision Making in Coronary Artery Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2118-2120

  Bolotin, Gil ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a   Wiley Nifong, L ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344233293     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00652-0     Document Type: Article

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