Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , April 2009

Where should surgeons place the graft on the left anterior descending coronary artery? A theoretical basis for change

  • Ganesan Karthikeyan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiothoracic Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel.: +91 11 26594681; fax: +91 11 26588641.
    • ,
  • Srinivasan Senthamizhchelvan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received 16 September 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S1553-8389(07)00329-6

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2007.11.001

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , April 2009

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