Ongoing vascular laboratory surveillance is essential to maximize long- term in situ saphenous vein bypass patency

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-27

  Erickson, C A ^a   Towne, J B ^a   Seabrook, G R ^a   Freischlag, J A ^a   Cambria, R A ^a   Mills, J L ^a   Salles Cunha, S ^a   Bandyk, D F ^a  

^a Box 145   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN BYPASS;

EID: 0030028714     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(05)80031-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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