Above-knee vein harvest for coronary revascularization increases ASEPSIS score

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-59

  Akowuah, Enoch ^a,b   Shrivastava, Vivek ^a   Ponniah, Alan ^a   Jamnadas, Binal ^a   Chilton, Gary ^a   Cooper, Graham ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PUS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33644519646     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400114     Document Type: Article

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