The importance of graft blood flow and peripheral outflow resistance for early patency in infrainguinal arterial reconstructions

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-41

  Wolfle K D ^a,b   Bruijnen, H ^a   Morski, A ^a   Kugelmann, U ^a   Campbell, P ^a   Loeprecht, H ^a  

^a Zentralklinikum ^*  (Germany)

^b Klin fur Gefass /Thoraxchirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early graft patency; Electromagnetic flowmetry; Femorodistal arterial reconstructions; Outflow resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0345059881     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.28.1.34     Document Type: Article

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