Doppler echocardiographic criteria in patency assessment of composite grafts from left internal thoracic artery

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our study was to establish, with an entirely noninvasive method, transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, criteria for patency of composite left internal thoracic artery grafts when placed on the left anterior descending artery and other branches of the left coronary system...

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Main Authors: Maria Claudia A. Leitão, José Glauco Lobo Filho, Tiago Magalhães Freire, Marília Leitão Montenegro, Francisco Vagnaldo Fechine Jamacuru, Eduardo Rebouças de Carvalho, Amanda Ximenes Couto Bem, Heraldo Guedis Lobo Filho, Manuel Odorico de Moraes Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2013-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382013000200004&lng=en&tlng=en