The fate of unrevised stenoses in infrainguinal autologous vein grafts as detected by intraoperative duplex scanning

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-325

  Idu, Mirza M ^a,b   Ubbink, Dirk ^a,b   Legemate, Dink A ^a,b  

^a Academic Medical Center ^*

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENOSIS; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 23044505202     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900403     Document Type: Article

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