Arterial conduits should be evaluated preoperatively in coronary artery bypass patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 576-578

  Lodge, Andrew J ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^a   Lowe, James E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Coronary disease complications pathology surgery; Heart catheterization; Internal mammary coronary artery anastomosis; Mammary arteries pathology; Myocardial revascularization methods; Pseudoxanthoma elasticum complications

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM;

EID: 33244493985     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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