Mechanical properties of human saphenous veins from normotensive and hypertensive patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 455-461

  Milesi, Veronica ^a   Rebolledo, Alejandro ^a   Paredes, Felix Ayala ^a,b   Sanz, Nora ^b   Tommasi, Juan ^b   Rinaldi, Gustavo J ^a   Grassi, Angela O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Casa Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CALCIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031710291     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00465-2     Document Type: Article

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