Preoperative angiographic evaluation of the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery as a free graft in coronary artery bypass graft

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 477-480

  Yamashita, Yoichi ^a,b   Fukuda, Sachito ^a   Kigawa, Ikutarou ^a   Wanibuchi, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 26644467236     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0090-y     Document Type: Article

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