Coronary artery bypass grafts: Assessment with multidetector CT in the early and late postoperative settings

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 881-896

  Frazier, Aletta Ann ^a,b   Qureshi, Fauzia ^a   Read, Katrina M ^a,c   Gilkeson, Robert C ^d   Poston, Robert S ^a   White, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

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EID: 23944498594     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.254045151     Document Type: Article

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