An investigation into the intraoperative assessment of coronary artery bypass graft patency using intraoperative fluorescence imaging and transit time flowmetry
Intraoperative graft failure contributes to cardiac morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This results in perioperative myocardial infarction which is detectable in up to 9% of patients following arterial grafts and off pump CABG, but these are more technically demand...
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University of Bath
2008
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488889 |