Are we allowed to declare radial artery graft with a 'string sign' for a patent conduit?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 605-606

  Nezic, Dusko ^a   Knezevic, Aleksandar ^a   Cirkovic, Milan ^a  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Angiographic graft patency; String sign

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY GRAFT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 68749104680     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.018     Document Type: Letter

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