Diffuse saphenous vein graft spasm

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 667-668

  Ashar, Vaishali ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Porto, Italo ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASOSPASM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 8844236875     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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