Incidence, location, magnitude, and clinical correlates of saphenous vein graft calcification: An intravascular ultrasound and angiographic study

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1148-1152

  Castagna, Marco T ^a,c   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Ohlmann, Patrick ^a   Kotani, Jun Ichi ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Gevorkian, Natalie ^a   Cheneau, Edouard ^a   Stabile, Eugenio ^a   Ajani, Andrew E ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Grafting; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20144364631     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157160.69812.55     Document Type: Article

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