Does remodeling occur in the diseased human saphenous vein bypass grafts? An intravascular ultrasound study

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Ge, Junbo ^a   Liu, Fengqi ^b   Bhate, Rahul ^b   Haude, Michael ^b   Görge, Günter ^b   Baumgart, Dietrich ^b   Sack, Stefan ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Remodeling; Saphenous vein bypass graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN GRAFT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032815587     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006125205217     Document Type: Article

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