Incidentally detected stenoses proximal to grafts originating below the common femoral artery: Do they affect graft patency or warrant repair in asymptomatic patients?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1180-1189

  Treiman, Gerald S ^a,b   Ashrafi, Amir ^a,b   Lawrence, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; COST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0033635494     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.109770     Document Type: Article

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