Routine visualization of the left internal mammary artery before bypass surgery: Is it necessary?

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 479-481

  Patel, Pragnesh ^a   Shammas, Nicolas W ^a   Kapalis, Matthew J ^a   Dippel, Eric J ^a   Lemke, Jon ^a   Harb, Catherine ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744445810     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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