Superior vena cava obstruction: Bypass using spiral vein graft

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1111-1116

  Doty, John R ^a   Flores, Jean H ^a   Doty, Donald B ^a,b  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 0032950405     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00145-9     Document Type: Article

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