Early and Mid-Term Angiographic Assessment of Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts Anastomosed to Non-Stenotic Left Anterior Descending Coronary Arteries

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Mert, Murat ^a,c   Bakay, C ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Mecidiyekoy   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flow competition; Internal thoracic artery; Left anterior descending coronary artery; Mild stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 2042511623     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817805     Document Type: Article

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