Histological and morphometric analyses of early and late aortocoronary vein grafts and distal anastomoses

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 671-677

  Butany, Jagdish W ^a,c   David, Tirone E ^a   Ojha, Matadial ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anastomoses; Intimal hyperplasia; Vein grafts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; SUTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031860180     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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