Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 147-149 , April 2009

Plexus Network between Internal Mammary Graft and Pulmonary Vasculature after Coronary Bypass Grafting

  • Sherif E. Moustafa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada
    • ,
  • Jacques Lesperance, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiology, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada
    • ,
  • Gilbert Gosselin, MDCM, FRCP(C), FACC

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Interventional Cardiology, University of Montreal, Montreal Heart Institute 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 376 3330; fax: +1 514 376 6299.

Received 17 July 2007 ,Revised 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)01085-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.10.016

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 147-149 , April 2009

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