Surgical damage of the saphenous vein and graft patency

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 274-275

  Dashwood, Michael R ^a   Loesch, Andrzej ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGEON; SURGICAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; VASA VASORUM;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33845789218     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.029     Document Type: Letter

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