Preoperative semi-selective left internal mammary artery angiography: Easy, safe, necessary and worthy

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Chen, C W ^a   Lin, T K ^a   Chen, B C ^a   Lin, C T ^a   Liu, C J ^a   Lin, C L ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery bypass; Mammary arteries

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 3543080344     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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