Traction injury during minimally invasive harvesting of the saphenous vein is associated with impaired endothelial function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Cook, Richard C ^a   Crowley, Christine M ^a   Hayden, Robert ^a   Gao, Min ^a   Fedoruk, Lynn ^a   Lichtenstein, Samuel V ^a   Van Breemen, Cornelis ^a   Linkus, Kevin ^b   Benfield, Jhon ^b   Verrier, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN INCISION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION INJURY; TRACTION THERAPY; VASODILATATION; VEIN INJURY; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 10744221487     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01024-9     Document Type: Article

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