Spontaneous Restoration of Patency in the Free Gastroepiploic Artery Graft: The Living Transplanted Vascular System for Coronary Revascularization

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2219-2220

  Eda, Tadahito ^a   Matuura, Akio ^a   Miyahara, Ken ^a   Takemura, Haruki ^a   Sawaki, Sadanari ^a   Yoshioka, Teruaki ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^a  

^a Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34249007200     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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