Patency of infrainguinal polytetrafluoroethylene bypass grafts with distal interposition vein cuffs

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Pappas, P J ^a   Hobson II, R W ^a   Meyers, M G ^a   Jamil, Z ^a   Lee, B C ^a   Silva Jr , M B ^a   Goldberg, M C ^a   Padberg Jr , F T ^a  

^a Sect Vasc Surg Depts Surg U   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Graft patency; Limb salvage; PTFE bypass; Vein cuff

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; POLITEF; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0344541104     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(97)00093-8     Document Type: Article

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