Conservative vs. Invasive Treatment of Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms: Treatment Algorithm Based upon a Large Series

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-513

  Dieter, Robert S ^a,b   Patel, Ashvin K ^a,b   Yandow, Donald ^a   Pacanowski, John P ^c   Bhattacharya, Abhik ^a   Gimelli, Giorgio ^a,b   Kosolcharoen, P ^a   Russell, Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

aneurysm; complication; coronary artery bypass graft; saphenous vein graft; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT ANEURYSM; SURVIVAL TIME; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 0344420077     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100614     Document Type: Article

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