Dilatation of aorto-bifemoral knitted Dacron grafts after a mean implantation of 5 years

International Angiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-239

  Swartbol, P ^a,b   Albrechtsson, U ^a   Parsson H ^a   Norgren, L ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorto bifemoral bypass surgery; Computed tomography scanners; Dilatation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON IMPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; THROMBUS;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DILATATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029844757     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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