Fresh Arterial Grafts as Conduits for Vascular Reconstructions in Transplanted Patients

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-556

  Matia, I ^a   Adamec, M ^a   Janousek, L ^a   Lipar, K ^a   Viklicky, O ^b  

^a Departments of Transplant Surgery   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Arterial allografts; Arterial transplantation; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33749354343     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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