Imaging and evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft patency by 16-slice multidetector computed tomography

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 258-267

  Exarhos, Demetrios N ^a   Baltouka, Asimina ^a,b   Mihas, Constantinos ^a   Kouerinis, Ilias ^a   Dedeilias, Panagiotis ^a   Argiriou, Mihalis ^a   Chondros, Demetrios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary artery bypass grafts; Multislice computed tomography (16 slice)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 37749017126     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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