Prevalence of atherosclerosis in coronary artery and internal thoracic artery and its correlation in North-West Indians

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-246

  Puri, Nidhi ^a   Gupta, Prem Kumar ^b   Sharma, Jaishree ^b   Puri, Deepak ^c  

^a MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Internal thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870155322     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-010-0057-1     Document Type: Article

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