Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in the Treatment of Vein Graft Stenosis

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 721-726

  Gahtan, Vivian ^a,b   Weiss, Jeffrey P ^a   Kerstein, Morris D ^a   Harpavat, Mona ^a   Roberts, Andrew B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN INJURY;

EID: 1842663160     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449703100606     Document Type: Article

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