Echocardiographic evaluation of internal mammary artery graft patency

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-132

  Song, Min Ho ^a,b   Ito, Mamoru ^a   Toki, Sachie ^a   Tanaka, Keisuke ^a   Kato, Wataru ^a   Iwase, Jinichi ^a   Tajima, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; RECORDING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3543009020     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230401200210     Document Type: Article

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