Effect of the cardiac cycle on the coronary anastomosis assessed by ultrasound

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-90

  Ibrahim, Khahid S ^a   Løvstakken, Lasse ^a   Kirkeby Garstad, Idar ^b   Torp, Hans ^a   Vik Mo, Harald ^a   Haaverstad, Rune ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

EID: 34248362423     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500202     Document Type: Article

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