'No-touch' technique using saphenous vein harvested with its surrounding tissue for coronary artery bypass grafting maintains an intact endothelium

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Souza, Domingos S R ^a   Christofferson, Rolf H B ^b,c   Bomfim, Vollmer ^a   Filbey, Derek ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Distention; Endothelium; Saphenous vein spasm; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 0032754227     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439950141362     Document Type: Article

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