Polytetrafluoroethylene Femorotibial Bypass Grafting: 5-Year Patency and Limb Salvage

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 486-491

  Klinkert, P ^a   Van Dijk, P J E ^a   Breslau, P J ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAMANDOLE; COUMARIN; HEPARIN; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMOROTIBIAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG ARTERY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0242626570     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0036-8     Document Type: Article

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