Is balloon angioplasty indicated for 'short' stenoses of failing vein grafts?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-137

  Rua, Ignacio ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Raviola, Carol A ^a   Doerr, Kevin ^a   McAfee Bennett, Sandy ^a   DeLaurentis, Dominic A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FEMOROTIBIAL BYPASS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0031931417     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900129     Document Type: Article

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