Noninvasive assessment of coronary artery bypass graft patency by multislice computed tomography

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-41

  Rossi, Rosario ^a   Chiurlia, Emilio ^a   Ratti, Carlo ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery bypass graft

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 4644332419     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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