Histopathology and morphometry of radial artery conduits: Basic study and clinical application

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1614-1621

  Chowdhury, Ujjwal K ^a   Airan, Balram ^a   Mishra, Pankaj K ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Subramaniam, Ganapathy K ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a   Venugopal, Panangipalli ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 19644399004     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.105     Document Type: Article

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