Resistance to flow of arterial Y-grafts 6 months after coronary artery bypass surgery

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Glineur, David ^a   Noirhomme, Philippe ^a   Reisch, Jim ^a   El Khoury, Gebrine ^a   Astarci, Parla ^a   Hanet, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Bypass; Coronary disease; Internal thoracic artery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 24644452988     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.524702     Document Type: Article

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