Isotropic Half-Millimeter Angiography of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts with 16-Slice Computed Tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 800-804

  Dewey, Marc ^a   Lembcke, Alexander ^a   Enzweiler, Christian ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 1442300194     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01591-1     Document Type: Article

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