ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Doppler echocardiographic criteria in patency assessment of composite grafts from left internal thoracic artery

Maria Claudia A. Leitão^I; José Glauco Lobo Filho^II; Tiago Magalhães Freire^III; Marília Leitão Montenegro^IV; Francisco Vagnaldo Fechine Jamacuru^V; Eduardo Rebouças de Carvalho^VI; Amanda Ximenes Couto Bem^VII; Heraldo Guedis Lobo Filho^VIII; Manuel Odorico de Moraes Filho^IX

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20130025

^ICardiologist echocardiographer, master's degree from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Professor of Medicine at Christus University, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Author of the master's thesis that gave rise to this paper. Echocardiographer of this study
^IIProfessor of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Head of the surgical team of this study
^IIIMedical student, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Assistance in data collection, literature review and drafting work
^IVMedical student, Christus University, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Responsible for data collection, assistance in literature review and drafting work
^VResearch doctor and statistician, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Responsible for coordinating the statistical analysis
^VIMedical doctor graduated from Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Responsible for the statistical analysis
^VIIMedical student, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Assistance in data collection, literature review
^VIIICardiovascular Surgeon - Specialist Member of Brazilian Society of Cariovascular Surgery. MS at the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Research
^IXPhD in Oncology from the University of Oxford, UK, Professor of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Master's thesis supervisor

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