Prebypass histological and ultrastructural evaluation of the long saphenous vein as a predictor of early graft failure

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Kouzi Koliakos, Kokkona ^a   Kanellaki Kyparissi, M ^a   Marinov, G ^b   Knyazhev, V ^b   Tsalie, E ^a   Batzios, Chr ^a   Kovachev, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Grafts; Morphology; Prognosis; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 33750942310     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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