Anatomical variants of the lateral femoral circumflex artery: An angiographic study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-264

  Fukuda, Hozumi ^a   Ashida, Mitsutaka ^a   Ishii, Rei ^a   Abe, Shoko ^a   Ibukuro, Kenji ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Angiography; Coronary artery bypass; Digital subtraction; Femoral artery; Lateral femoral circumflex artery; Regional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24044487173     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-004-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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