Transthoracic doppler validation in mammary artery grafts after minimal invasive direct coronary artery bypass operation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 954-961

  Meyer, Gerd Peter ^a   Laudenberg, Bernd ^a   Hausmann, Dirk ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^c   Cremer, Joachim ^b   Hornig, Burkhard ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^a   Hecker, Hartmut ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a   Schaefer, Arnd ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 4444328794     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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