Aortic distensibility and coronary artery bypass graft patency

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Aortic distensibility is an elasticity index of the aorta, and reflects aortic stiffness. Coronary artery disease has been found to be substantially associated with increased aortic stiffness. In this study we aimed to retrospectivel...

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Main Authors: Yetgin Zeynel, Emül Ali, Şentürk Tunay, Kaderli Aysel, Baran İbrahim, Özdemir Levent, Biçer Murat, Özdemir Bülent, Güllülü Sümeyye, Aydınlar Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/14