Outcome of endovascular intervention for infrainguinal vein graft stenosis

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-550

  Tong, Y ^a   Matthews, P G ^a   Royle, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Duplex ultrasound; Surveillance; Vein graft stenosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036890639     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(02)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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