Functional properties of the saphenous vein harvested by minimally invasive techniques

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1116-1120

  Rinia Feenstra, Myra ^a   Stooker, Wim ^b   De Graaf, Ruud ^a   Kloek, Jaap J ^a   Pfaffendorf, Martin ^a   De Mol, Bas A J M ^a   Van Zwieten, Pieter A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN STRIPPING;

AGED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034014022     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01571-4     Document Type: Article

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