Blood Flow Imaging: A New Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Modality for Enhanced Intraoperative Visualization of Blood Flow Patterns in Coronary Anastomoses

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 969-975

  Lovstakken, Lasse ^a   Ibrahim, Khalid S ^a,b   Vitale, Nicola ^a,b   Henriksen, Siren Torsvik ^a   Kirkeby Garstad, Idar ^b   Torp, Hans ^a   Haaverstad, Rune ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow imaging; Colour doppler imaging; Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; Intraoperative quality control

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SWINE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; RHEOLOGY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 47649125298     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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