Impact of ostial stenosis on the Doppler flow profiles in internal thoracic artery graft

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-256

  Yoshitatsu, Masao ^a   Nomura, Fumikazu ^a   Izutani, Hironori ^a   Toda, Koichi ^a   Katayama, Akira ^a   Tamura, Kentaro ^a   Katayama, Keijiro ^a   Ihara, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Echocardiography; Graft patency; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; STENOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14644408109     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.253     Document Type: Article

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