Is early postoperative duplex scan surveillance of leg bypass grafts clinically important?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Ferris, Brian L ^a   Mills Sr , Joseph L ^a,b   Hughes, John D ^a   Durrani, Timur ^a   Knox, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; APPARATUS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; VEIN BYPASS;

EID: 0037344307     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.115     Document Type: Article

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