Facile location of the saphenous vein during endoscopic vessel harvesting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 295-297

  Allen, Keith B ^a   Shaar, Carl J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; ULTRASOUND; VEIN GRAFT;

BODY WEIGHT; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0033950329     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01225-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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