Long-term patency of coronary grafts with endoscopically harvested saphenous veins determined by contrast-enhanced electron beam computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 823-828

  Davis, Zev ^a   Garber, Dave ^a   Clark, Stanley ^b   Roth, Howard ^b   Bufalino, Vincent ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Mao, Songshou ^c   Jacobs, H Kurt ^d  

^a Edward Hospital   (United States)

^b Midwest Heart Specialists   (United States)

^c St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^d Central Du Page Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 1542374001     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.051     Document Type: Article

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