Affiliation:
1. Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center (NRMC), Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The review describes available modern radiological methods which are currently applied for a detailed and comprehensive anatomical and functional assessment of the viability of various coronary artery bypass grafts. In addition, it presents some aspects of the implementation of these methods and clinical interpretation of the results.
Publisher
Siberian State Medical University
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