Changes in sternal blood flow after different methods of internal thoracic artery harvesting

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 334-337

  Fokin, A A ^a   Robicsek, Francis ^a,b   Fokin Jr , A ^a   Anderson Jr , J E ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carolinas Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal thoracic artery harvesting; Sternal blood flow; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOPERFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MODELS, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STERNUM; SWINE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 10844292541     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821273     Document Type: Article

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