Evaluation of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Wann, Samuel ^a   Balkhy, Husam ^a  

^a The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer tomography coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass grafting; CTA; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT; Stress echocardiography; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THORAX PAIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68049111648     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e3181aa8185     Document Type: Review

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