Reduction of intimal and medial thickening in sheathed vein grafts

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Zurbrügg, Heinz Robert ^a   Wied, Markus ^b   Angelini, Gianni D ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT PRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN GRAFT;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENTS; SWINE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0345085675     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00452-X     Document Type: Article

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