Radial artery flow-through graft: A new conduit for limb salvage

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 816-820

  Teodorescu, Victoria J ^a   Chun, Jin K ^a   Morrisey, Nicholas J ^a   Faries, Peter L ^a   Hollier, Larry H ^a   Marin, Michael L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY FLOW THROUGH GRAFT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN FLAP; THROMBOSIS; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0344211926     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.199     Document Type: Article

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