Preserved hyperaemic response in (distal) string sign left internal mammary artery grafts

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Hartman, Joost ^a,b   Kelder, Hans ^b   Ackerstaff, Rob ^b   van Swieten, Henry ^c   Vermeulen, Freddy ^b   Bogers, Ad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bypass; Duplex; LIMA; String sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33846558059     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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